The standing leg raise exercise targets and strengthens your hip muscles . Specifically, the adductors along your inner thighs and the gluteus medius on the upper, outer edge of your pelvis. You use your hip muscles for walking, running, and balancing.
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Why are those leg lifts so difficult??? With the side leg lifts, we are using the abductor, gluteus, hip, and inner thigh gracillis muscles. These muscles tend to be tight, contracted and under used since we are sitting down so much . Even when we walk, we are not really lengthening these muscles.
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