Hanging Leg Raises
- Grip a chin up or pull up bar with a firm overhand grip.
- Hang from the bar with your legs straight.
- Raise your legs by flexing your hips forward and bending your knees up towards your chest.
- Continue to raise your knees towards your chest by flexing your waist forward. Don’t swing your body to use momentum. Use your abdominals to pull your legs up.
- Return to the starting position, lowering your legs slowly until they are straight.
- Repeat.
For added resistance you can wear a dip belt with weight suspended from.
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Hanging leg raises is a gym work out exercise that targets abs and also involves forearms and glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Cable core rotation, walking high kicks / soldier march and modified bicycles / elbow-to-knee crunches / cross-body crunches are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as hanging leg raises. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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