By raising your legs above your body you work not only your upper abs but your lower abs as well.
Floor leg lifts abs.
Leg lifts are great for lower abs because they engage the hip flexors and the hip flexors engage the lower belly.
Place your right arm behind your head with your elbow bent.
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.
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.
But it s easy to mess them up.
Leg lifts the leg lifts exercise or leg raises is an ab isolation exercise.
The recommended procedure in performing the two exercises is by swinging your legs back and forth in a slow momentum according to live.
Although these are challenging exercises for beginners repetition gets you faster results.
Plus there s less strain on your hands and elbow joint making.
Here s how to do the lying leg raise.
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.
This core exercise is perfect for adding to your abs routine or including in your daily workout.
Hanging leg raises target your lower and upper abdominal muscles while floor leg raises burn fat in your lower abs.
Inred dual ab wheel.
One set of 10 at a time.
Pause then lower with control.
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.
Done correctly the lying leg raise offers all the benefits of the hanging leg raise without the need for an overhead bar.
One set of 10 at a time.
This abs exercise is very similar.
Leg lifts are a pretty basic but effective core exercise.