Control the swing. Raise your legs by curling your pelvis up, not just lifting your legs.
MUSCLES WORKED
Lower Rectus Abdominis, Hip Flexors
Also: Obliques, Forearms (grip)
COACH'S NOTE
Straight legs to 90 degrees
How to do it
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Hang from a pull-up bar with a shoulder-width grip.
02
Set up with the bar at mid-chest height and your eyes under it.
03
Brace, unrack, and settle the bar over your shoulders before the first rep.
04
Lower under control to the same spot every rep.
The full hanging leg raises guide is in the app.
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3 more steps
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2 common mistakes and how to fix them
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Animated demo and a rest timer, set by set
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How Fittrexx programs it
bodyweight · strength
STYLE
Park
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for hanging leg raises from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.