Sitting Side Step Tuck on a padded stool

Begin seated on a padded stool with your feet flat on the ground. Engage your core and maintain an upright posture.

  1. Step your right foot out to the side, keeping your knee aligned with your toes.
  2. Bring your right foot back to the starting position.
  3. Repeat the movement with your left foot.
  4. Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Sitting Side Step Tuck on a padded stool

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Sitting Side Step Tuck on a padded stool using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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