Carioca Quick Step
How to do the Carioca Quick Step with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Adductors
Abs, Abductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Quads
Bodyweight
How to do the Carioca Quick Step
- 1
Begin with your feet a few inches apart and your left arm up in a relaxed, athletic position.
- 2
With your right foot, quick step behind and pull the knee up.
- 3
Fire 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.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Carioca Quick Step set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your adductors volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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