Dumbbell Lying Femoral

Lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat on the ground. Place a dumbbell on your lower abdomen. Keep your arms extended along your sides. Engage your core muscles and lift your hips off the ground until your body forms a straight line from your knees to your shoulders. Pause at the top, then slowly lower your hips back down to the starting position.

How to perform the Dumbbell Lying Femoral

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Dumbbell Lying Femoral using your dumbbell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your hamstrings.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your hamstrings rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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