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Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise

How to do the Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationBody OnlyBeginnerPull
Primary muscles

Abs

Secondary

Equipment

Body Only

Step by step

How to do the Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise

  1. 1

    Lie with your back flat on a bench and your legs extended in front of you off the end.

  2. 2

    Place your hands either under your glutes with your palms down or by the sides holding on to the bench. This will be your starting position.

  3. 3

    As you keep your legs extended, straight as possible with your knees slightly bent but locked raise your legs until they make a 90-degree angle with the floor. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement and hold the contraction at the top for a second.

  4. 4

    Now, as you inhale, slowly lower your legs back down to the starting position.

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