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Looking At Ceiling

How to do the Looking At Ceiling with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationBeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Looking At Ceiling

  1. 1

    Kneel on the floor, holding your heels with both hands.

  2. 2

    Lift your buttocks up and forward while bringing your head back to look up at the ceiling, to give an arch in your back.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Looking At Ceiling set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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