Lying Leg Raises
🔻 Lower Abs · updated September 2026
⏱ 45 sec🔁 3 sets of 10📶 intermediate🌿 low-impact
Targets: lower abs, hip flexors
How to do it
- 1Lie flat, legs straight, hands under your hips for support.
- 2Press the lower back down and raise both legs to vertical.
- 3Lower the legs slowly until just before the back wants to arch.
- 4Raise again without touching the floor.
Form tips
- • Your range = wherever the low back stays down
- • Bend knees to regress
- • Exhale on the way down
Common mistakes
- • Lowering past the point of back control
- • Fast swinging reps
- • Holding breath through the set
