Technique
- Lying on your back, legs together, knees only slightly bent, heels hovering above the floor.
- Smoothly raise your legs until your feet are directly above your pelvis and pause at the top.
- Slowly lower the feet until the heels are just above the floor.
- Do not change the angle in the knees during the exercise.
Form tips
- Keep your back flat against the floor and do not let it arch; arching your back means you need to use an easier variation, or spend some time stretching your hip flexors (with hip extension stretches).
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
Lying legs raise
Beginner
Regressions
Lying tuck raise
Beginner
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