This exercise involves sitting on a chair with armrests and lifting your legs up towards your chest while keeping your back straight. It primarily targets the abdominal muscles and can be modified to increase or decrease difficulty.
Type
Strength
Equipment
No Equipment
Difficulty
Intermediate
Key Benefits
- Strengthens the abdominal muscles
- Improves core stability
- Helps to reduce lower back pain
- Increases hip flexor strength
- Improves overall posture
How to perform
- Find a captains chair or dip station and position yourself on the seat with your back against the backrest and your forearms resting on the arm pads.
- Engage your core and lift your legs up towards your chest, keeping them straight and parallel to the ground.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement, then slowly lower your legs back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
FRONT VIEW
BACK VIEW
Abs
Primary
Obliques
Primary
Hip Flexors
Primary