Exercise library / Core
Seated knee tucks
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.
Secondary: Hip flexors.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Sittende kneløft
- Svenska Sittande knäindrag
- Dansk Siddende knæløft
- Deutsch Knee Tucks sitzend
- Español Encogimientos de rodillas sentado
- Italiano Raccolte da seduto
- Português Encolhimento de joelhos sentado
- Русский Подтягивание коленей сидя
- Français Relevé de genoux assis
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