Hanging leg raises...

[b fold the truth]

Anyone else do these for abs??? I really feel them working my ENTIRE ab area...

How high do you raise your legs? I raise them under full control but I can actualy put my feet above my hands when I do them. I did them tonight and Nefi saw it and was amazed. She took a video of it and I'll try to post it Tuesday night sometime...

Any other tips or advice on these?

Reps?

Sets?

Frequency???

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[JOKER47]

I used to do them for abs. But I felt them mostly in my legs more than my abs. I pulled my legs up to my chest when I did them.

I was probably doing them wrong.....



Joker

 

[coolcolj]

I do them explosively, I get my legs pointing almost vertical.

just 2 sets fo 10 is enough for me after my olys and squats!

 

[Exodus]

i do them once or twice a week.

5 x 15.

i do them explosive, but in control........ the only thing that moves on me is from my waist down. i do them on a machine where my back is up against a pad.

they totaly kill the whole abs, and like joker said , the hip flexors as well, which IS why i do them. i love em.

i also do them with my knees about a foot and a half apart and my legs stay bent at a 45 degree angle.

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[JG1]

I do them once a week, three sets of 10-15 reps...thats after 3 heavy sets of rope crunches.

I use a 20lbs dumbell between my feet when I do the leg raises. Legs kept almost straight, and for the ROM I bring them up to a 45 degree angle.

 

[molnii]

I dunnowhybut I can'tdo it cuz my body start to swing bid time...so I do the one whenyour back is supported and stillreally can feel it...usually shoot for 3x25....

 

[Backlash]

I used to do them for abs. But I felt them mostly in my legs more than my abs.

Same for me.

 

[nikkita]

I have done these when on period for mass gaining, 3 sets of 10 reps 3 times a week... together with some weighted crunches and oblique exercises.
I raise my legs as high as possible (keeping them straight), hold 1 or 2 seconds and then lower them. However to avoid the swinging I just try to lower them some inches before the starting position.

 

[IronLion]

i lower slow to avoid swing but i do them with bent knees and I use a 30 pound db between my feet, i raise explosively and bring my knees to my chest

 

[pwr_machine]

I've added these to my ab workout about 9 weeks ago. I often do them with straight legs until I am too fatigued to lift them, then I squeeze out a few more with bent legs. Another tip, do not let your legs come become perpendicular with the floor. Stop a few inches short of perpendicular to keep the tension on the abs the entire time.

 

[Backlash]

I think what I found is that when I try to keep my legs straight it tires my legs out too quickly (I am not flexible enough...). When I did it routinely I kept my legs bent and held a db between my feet.

 

[SlavikHavik]

Speaking as a gymnast i can tell you it takes ALOT of work to be able to do full leg raises, to the point where your legs are vertical, and parallel to your chest.

The flexibility is more of an achievement than the strength required to do them. However, once you have devloped that flexibility. You have a great full abdominal exerices.

The real problem is with these, that most of the show boaters go to the chin bar and start doing leg raises, trying to touch their feet to the bar.

The succseed in doing this, but you look at their form, and you realize that they havent gotten any farther past 90 degrees than they would have had they done them regularily. most people get their legs vertical, by leaning back and making their torso horizontal.

This is a riddiculos waste of effort. Ask your partner how your form is, you should make sure that you are not doing what a described above.

If your looking for the flexibility to do this. I reccomend alot of hamstring streching and back bridges.

With this sort of flexibility you can pull of some incredible and very effective abdominal exercises. Actually most of the best abdominal exercises only become avalible once you have achieved the flexibilty necessary to allow for this full range of motion.

 

[b fold the truth]

Wait, wait...

I'm not talking about the same thing you guys are...I am talking about hanging from a chin up bar and doing them. No back support...

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[Exodus]

Wait, wait...

I'm not talking about the same thing you guys are...I am talking about hanging from a chin up bar and doing them. No back support...

B True

no......... i guess i thought they were the same......... i use to do them hanging........ what do you think the difference or carryover is???

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[b fold the truth]

SlavikHavik:

I may very well be doing what you described...probably am. I feel it killing my abs and intercostals though...strange...

I'll get the vid up late tonight...

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[louden_swain]

I tried them in the past, but never felt comfortable with the exercise.

I felt that my body started to swing lol.

 

[JOKER47]

Wait, wait...

I'm not talking about the same thing you guys are...I am talking about hanging from a chin up bar and doing them. No back support...

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Oh, sorry. I was talking about the ones with the back support.

I haven't tried the ones you are talking about yet.


Joker

 

[slinky]

...I am talking about hanging from a chin up bar and doing them. No back support...

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That's how I do 'em, B.

But I "roll" my legs up (knees bent); and lower slowly to eliminate swinging.

3-4 sets of 8-10.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I do these with a medicine ball. They are a great ab exercise.

 

[molnii]

Wait, wait...

I'm not talking about the same thing you guys are...I am talking about hanging from a chin up bar and doing them. No back support...

B True

I can't do that....my body swing too much!

 

[b fold the truth]

Ok...here is the vid of me doing them. I guess that they are done wrong but they are under control. I take them up and down fairly slowly I thought...

My abs are sore also...this was my 3rd set.

Hanging Leg Raises

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[spatts]

Very nice, B.

 

[b fold the truth]

Very nice, B.

Thanks...I feel them a lot throughout my entire core/midsection...so they must be working something.

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[t3c]

holy crap...those look crazy


i wonder if i can do them




nope i can't LOL

 

[strangebrew]

I've always done these for abs...probably the only exercise that kills all my abs.

 

[cheesecake]

Nice video. I like how it ends. It's like, 'Hey, I'm Clint, and I'm coming at ya!'

There's no way in the world I could do those.
...chad...