This exercise involves hanging from a pull-up bar and raising your legs up towards your chest, engaging your core muscles. It is a challenging exercise that targets the lower abs and hip flexors.
Type
Strength
Equipment
No Equipment
Difficulty
Intermediate
Key Benefits
- Strengthens the abdominal muscles
- Improves core stability and balance
- Targets the hip flexors and lower back muscles
- Increases flexibility in the hips and lower back
- Can be modified to increase or decrease difficulty
- Requires minimal equipment and can be done at home or in the gym
How to perform
- Hang from a pull-up bar with your arms straight and your feet off the ground.
- Engage your core and lift your legs up towards your chest, keeping them straight.
- Pause at the top of the movement and then slowly lower your legs back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of reps.
FRONT VIEW
BACK VIEW
Abs
Primary
Obliques
Primary
Hip Flexors
Primary