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Hanging leg raise

Difficulty Core stability

How to perform it

Raising the legs while hanging from a pull-up bar – the rectus abdominis does the main work, assisted by the deep transversus and hip flexors, while the forearms and lats hold the grip and keep the body still. Raise the legs under control without swinging the torso.

Equipment

  • Pull-up bar / Doorway pull-up bar / Wall-mounted pull-up bar / Gymnastic ringsBodyweight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Forearm flexors
  • Lats
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Rectus femoris
  • Transverse abdominis (not on the surface map)

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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