Instructional Fitness - Hanging Leg Raises
Why Physical Fitness Stack Exchange recommends it
Fitness Stack Exchange users link it as a demonstration of hanging leg raises when recommending them as an advanced alternative to crunches and sit-ups for ab training.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2011 to 2011.
What it is
A short 2009 instructional clip in which personal trainer Joe Tong demonstrates the proper form for hanging leg raises, an abdominal exercise. It comes from the Instructional Fitness channel and is part of a video Q&A series on fitness technique.
What people said
Recommends Evan Plaice · 2011-03 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Doing it right: sit-ups”
@Uw and @Samuel Work your way up to leg hanging leg raises [LINK] (Note: the buddy giving out occasional 'come on' and 'good job buddy' is mandatory) or [this video] If you want abs any bigger than the guy in the second vid you'll have to take steroids or some other form of illegal drugs because abs any bigger than that aren't natural.
Recommends BackInShapeBuddy · 2011-11 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Optimal exercises for an abdominal workout”
@Joe, In this leg raise [LINK] link you will see that there is a stabilization as well as dynamic function of the abs (see the comment area). Also, whether done in this position or in the hanging leg raise position [this video] , you can see that it adds more to your workout as it is more of a total body exercise than crunches. Go for it!
Cites Carlos Jaime C. De Leon · 2011-08 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Optimal exercises for an abdominal workout”
Some of the more advanced versions of leg raises are: windmill [LINK] inclined leg raises [LINK] hanging leg jacknife [this video] And when you get strong enough, you can do weighted versions of these. You can use a dumbbell in between your feet for the weighted version, just be careful though.