Side-lying leg raise

Sets, reps and RIR

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: Abductors.

Secondary: Glutes.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Sideliggende beinløft
• Svenska Sidoliggande benlyft
• Dansk Sideliggende benløft
• Deutsch Seitliches Beinheben liegend
• Español Elevación lateral de pierna tumbado
• Italiano Slanci laterali da sdraiato
• Português Elevação lateral de perna deitado
• Русский Подъёмы ноги лёжа на боку
• Français Élévations latérales de jambe allongé

Related legs exercises

• Squat (barbell)
• Front squat
• Box squat
• Lunges (barbell)
• Hip thrust (barbell)
• Good morning

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