Captains chair straight leg raise

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Captains chair straight leg raise

Waist · Body weight

Target muscles

Abs

Also works

Hip flexors

How to do it

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  1. 1Sit on the captain's chair with your back against the backrest and your forearms resting on the arm pads.
  2. 2Keep your upper body stable and your back straight.
  3. 3Engage your abs and lift your legs up in front of you, keeping them straight.
  4. 4Continue lifting until your legs are parallel to the ground or as high as you can comfortably go.
  5. 5Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your legs back down to the starting position.
  6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits