Lever Lying Leg Raise Bent Knee

Perform the lever lying leg raise bent knee to strengthen your hip flexors and lower abdominal muscles.

  1. Lie on your back on the lever machine with your knees bent and feet secured.
  2. Engage your core and lift your legs towards the ceiling while keeping your knees bent.
  3. Lower your legs back down to the starting position without touching the platform.
  4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Lever Lying Leg Raise Bent Knee

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Lever Lying Leg Raise Bent Knee using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your quadriceps.
  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 quadriceps 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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