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Flutter kicks
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Abs, Hip flexors.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Saksespark
- Svenska Saxsparkar
- Dansk Saksespark
- Deutsch Flutter Kicks
- Español Aleteo de piernas
- Italiano Flutter kick
- Português Abdominal tesoura
- Русский Ножницы
- Français Battements de jambes
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