Leg Raise Hip Lift with Head up

Perform the Leg Raise Hip Lift with your head up to engage your core and hip muscles effectively.

  1. Lie on your back with your legs straight and arms at your sides.
  2. Lift your legs towards the ceiling while keeping them straight.
  3. As your legs rise, lift your hips off the ground, engaging your core.
  4. Hold for a moment at the top, then lower your legs and hips back to the starting position.

How to perform the Leg Raise Hip Lift with Head up

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Leg Raise Hip Lift with Head up using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  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 abdominals 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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