> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://movement.mantavyam.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Lying side leg raise
> Beginner · Dynamic · Unilateral. Strength
Also known as: Side lying hip abduction.
| | |
| - | - |
| **Difficulty** | Beginner |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 34 s |
## Technique
1. Lie on your side with the legs straight and stacked on top of each other.
2. Smoothly raise your top leg as far up as it will go, staying in the same plane as the rest of your body.
3. Pause at the top and then slowly reverse the motion.
**Logging:** Repetitions done on one side.
## Muscles
Strength
- Pelvis
- Obliques
- Spine
- Neck
- Abs
* Gluteus medius
* Gluteus minimus
* External oblique
* Internal oblique
* Quadratus lumborum
* Spinalis thoracis
* Longissimus thoracis
* Iliocostalis
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Novice
Beginner
Beginner
Beginner
Novice
Novice
Intermediate
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/lying-side-leg-raise-e0s4). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.
