Exercise library / Core
Lying 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.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Liggende benhev
- Swedish Liggande benlyft
- Danish Liggende benløft
- German Beinheben liegend
- Spanish Elevación de piernas tumbado
- Italian Sollevamento gambe da terra
- Portuguese Elevação de pernas no solo
- Russian Подъём ног лёжа
- French Relevé de jambes au sol
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