Exercise library / Core
Hanging knee raise
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Abs, Hip flexors.
Secondary: Forearms.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Hengende knehev
- Swedish Hängande knälyft
- Danish Hængende knæløft
- German Hängendes Knieheben
- Spanish Elevación de rodillas colgado
- Italian Sollevamento ginocchia alla sbarra
- Portuguese Elevação de joelhos na barra
- Russian Подъём коленей в висе
- French Relevé de genoux suspendu
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