Why I Love Hanging Leg Raises For Abs

Hanging Leg Raises are simply one of the most effective ab exercises ever. They are very much a part of my free THT Training.

Why? Because there is resistance placed on the abs at every point in the range of motion – especially at the top when the abs are in their fully contracted position – this is important.

But I make them even more effective by using the drop-set method. If you want killer abs, watch this video showing me demonstrating my method.

Place a dumbbell between your feet.

Hang from a chin-up bar with either a wide or medium grip.

Now raise your legs with the dumbbell between your feet until your thighs come up to 90 degrees (or higher) to the torso.

Perform the negative/lowering slowly under full muscular control to help recruit as many muscle fibers as possible.

NOW DROP SET…

There is no break between the sets, think of it as 1 set. Simply go to positive failure, then set the weight down (at 27 second-mark in the video) and keep going and knock out as many extra reps as you can again.

In THT training, you want a weight that allows you to get anywhere between 8 and 15 reps per set for hanging leg raises.

When you can get 15 or more weighted reps for this exercise, make a note to use a slightly heavier weight next time around.

ab-straps

ab straps

Some people prefer to use ab straps here to hang from. If you want to, that’s perfectly fine.

By the way, exercise alone cannot give you a six-pack. You need to reduce your total body fat percentage to below 10% (17% for women). For this, I highly recommend my Total Six Pack Abs program to get shredded as quickly as possible.

NOTE: These are only one of the many effective exercises that form THT Training. There is a free THT Exercise Bank listing the most effective exercises for ALL body parts? Grab it below.

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