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Leg Raise - Abdominals
The Leg Raise is anabdominal exercise, where you elevate your
legs with the strength
of your abdominals. This exercise can be done hanging, or in a leg-raise-chair.
The Flash Mavi animation above shows how to do a proper leg raise.
Find more abdominal exercises at weight training main.
Technical description: Leg Raise - Abdominals
- Press down your shoulders slightly.
Keep your back round. ( don't hollow your back )
Keep your buttocks slightly away from the back lean.
The Leg Raise can also be done hanging on a bar.
But make sure you don't swing to create momentum.
Move slowly and concentrated.
- Lift your knees and keep your back round.
( don't hollow back ) CRUNCH - round back - contract abs
If you wanna make this exercise even harder, keep your legs extended.
An extreme martial arts or gymnastics variation of the leg raise
is when you lift your extended legs
until yout feet are in front
of your head and hook your toes down so that your hamstrings are
stretched.
- Let your legs sink back down again.
Move down slower than up.
Don't let your abs lose contraction.
Trainer advice: Leg Raise - Abdominals
- To make the leg raise even harder, you can try
to lift your legs with extended knees.
But still keep your back round and don`t create momentum.
- An extreme martial arts or gymnastics variation
of the leg raise is when you lift your extended legs until yout feet
are in front of your head and hook your toes down so that your hamstrings
are stretched.
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Videos: Leg Raise - Abdominals
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