What are leg raises good for?

The leg lift is a bodyweight exercise that targets muscle groups throughout your body, including the lower and upper abs, hamstrings, quadriceps, hip flexors, and lower back muscles . Leg lifts are also known as double leg lifts.

The hanging leg raise has been a powerhouse ab exercise for Aragon . “This one exercise has helped me overcome the fact that my obliques were thicker than my six pack,” he says. “By choosing leg raises, I was able to target more of the six-pack muscles and not hit the obliques directly.”

How to Do Leg Raises