Hanging Leg Lifts To Sides
Muscle Worked
Middle and Lower Abdominals, Obliques
Instructions
- Hang fully extended from a chin-up bar with your palms facing out.
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Your hands should be 2-4
inches farther than shoulder-width
apart. - Your knees should be slightly bent and your back straight.
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Keeping your legs together,
slowly raise your knees upward
towards your right shoulder as far as you can. Slightly tuck your pelvis forward. Hold for a second flexing your abdominals. - Your lower legs (from knees to toes) should be vertical.
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Slowly lower your legs to the
starting position in a controlled
manner. - Alternate to the left side, and so on.
Don'ts
- Don't swing or rock to create an upward momentum.
- Use your abdominals to do the lifting and lowering in a slow, controlled manner.