Legs·Bodyweight
Carioca Quick Step
Adductors · Bodyweight
Beginner
Body Part
Legs
Equipment
Bodyweight
Level
Beginner
The Carioca Quick Step is a beginner bodyweight exercise that primarily targets the Adductors.
Muscles Worked
Adductors primaryCore secondaryAbductors secondaryCalves secondaryGlutes secondaryHamstrings secondaryQuads secondary
How to Do the Carioca Quick Step
- 1Begin with your feet a few inches apart and your left arm up in a relaxed, athletic position.
- 2With your right foot, quick step behind and pull the knee up.
- 3Fire your arms back up when you pull the right knee, being sure that your knee goes straight up and down. Avoid turning your feet as you move and continue to look forward as you move to the side.
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Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.