Exercise library / Core
Hanging leg 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, Obliques.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Hengende benhev
- Swedish Hängande benlyft
- Danish Hængende benløft
- German Hängendes Beinheben
- Spanish Elevación de piernas colgado
- Italian Sollevamento gambe alla sbarra
- Portuguese Elevação de pernas na barra
- Russian Подъём ног в висе
- French Relevé de jambes suspendu
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