Lying Leg Raise - Bowflex SELECTTECH Owner's Manual

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Muscles worked
Abdominal area, including tile rectus
abdominus, obliques and quadriceps
Bench position
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Success tips
• Tighten your abs before you move.
• Allow exhalation up and inhalation
down, without exaggerating breathing.
• Contract as far into the movements as
possible.
• Keep your back fiat against tile bench.
Lying Leg Raise
Abdominal Exercises
START
FINISH
START
• Lie oil your back with your head
resting on the bench.
• Tighten your abs and flatten your
back against the bench.
• Bend your knees and hips to 90
degrees.
• Reach to the side and grasp the
bench with each hand.
• Relax the neck.
ACTION
• Tighten your abs and slowly
extend your hips and knees.
• Move your legs away from you
keeping them parallel to the flooi:
• Keep your back flat against the
bench for the entire nmvement.
• Slowly reverse the action and
return to the starting position
without relaxing.