This exercise involves hanging from a bar and raising your legs straight up towards the ceiling, 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 hamstrings and lower back
- Can be modified to increase or decrease difficulty
How to perform
- Hang from a pull-up bar with your arms fully extended and your feet off the ground.
- Engage your core and lift your legs up until they are parallel to the ground.
- Hold for a few seconds, 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