Hanging leg lifts

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Major muscles used

• Middle abdominals (Rectus Abdominis)
• Lower abdominals (Rectus Abdominis)

Performing hanging leg lifts

• Hang fully extended from a chin-up bar with your palms facing out. Your hands should be 2-4 inches farther than shoulder-width apart.
• Your knees should be slightly bent and your back straight.
• Keeping your legs together, slowly raise your knees upward 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.
• Slowly lower your legs to the starting position in a controlled manner.

Be careful

• Don't swing or rock to create an upward momentum. Use your abdominals to do the lifting and lowering in a slow, controlled manner.

Alternative exercises to hanging leg lifts

• Raised-legged crunches
• Cable crunches
• Oblique crunches

Courtesy of Global-Fitness.com, your Online Personal Trainer

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