Place your right arm behind your head with your elbow bent.
Floor leg lifts abs.
Hanging leg raises target your lower and upper abdominal muscles while floor leg raises burn fat in your lower abs.
You can lie down on a bench or on the floor and perform lying leg raises.
Lying leg raises are a great way to attack your lower abs and build six pack abs.
But it s easy to mess them up.
Here s how to do the lying leg raise.
Plus there s less strain on your hands and elbow joint making.
Lying leg raises can help you tone your lower abs.
Done correctly the lying leg raise offers all the benefits of the hanging leg raise without the need for an overhead bar.
Leg lifts the leg lifts exercise or leg raises is an ab isolation exercise.
One set of 10 at a time.
Extend your legs and stack your right foot on top of your left and then squeeze your abs and glutes to lift your hips off the floor.
Leg lifts are great for lower abs because they engage the hip flexors and the hip flexors engage the lower belly.
Because you raise your legs off the ground leg lifts especially work your lower abs.
Keeping your shoulders and hips stacked abs tight and left leg straight engage your outer thigh to lift your left leg about 45 degrees off the ground.
The recommended procedure in performing the two exercises is by swinging your legs back and forth in a slow momentum according to live.
Ditto with biceps curls that s why jen widerstrom shape s consulting fitness director and the creator of the 40 day crush your goals challenge is sharing the most common leg lift mistakes and how to do a perfect leg lift so you can optimize your abs routine instead of wasting time in the gym.
By raising your legs above your body you work not only your upper abs but your lower abs as well.
Leg lifts are great for lower abs because they engage the hip flexors and the hip flexors engage the lower belly.
One set of 10 at a time.
Leg lifts are a pretty basic but effective core exercise.
This core exercise is perfect for adding to your abs routine or including in your daily workout.
Pause then lower with control.