Can't Feel Hanging Leg Raise In Your Abs? | JUST DO THIS
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- You will struggle to find an exercise that develops the abdominals in the way the hanging leg raise does. But what if you can’t feel hanging leg raises in your abs?
Today we are going to dig into the common reasons why you may not be getting the most out of this exercise (including how to stop swinging in the hanging leg raise), and so much more!
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It’s actually the BEST hanging leg raise video I found!!! After those millions of views ones, yours is literally the most informed and detailed
Glad you found it valuable, Rachel!
I second this comment!
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
Agree. This is gold!
this is so clear it’s amazing that you only get this many views here. It’s a shame for those who missed out.
Comments like this make up for it!
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The ‘squeeze your knees together’ cue just kind of blew my mind. Thank you
Often it's the subtle things that give us the edge to just allow things to click together 👊🏿
Glad it helped!
How not to swing your body when you hang up there? No matter how slow I drop my legs, my body swings.
3 1/2 years of working out, hundreds of videos - I can't believe I somehow missed this guy. His explanation is way more clear, concise and doesn't bore me by getting super-pedantic like so many channels do. I'm subscribing.
Haha! Thanks for the love! hope you look forward to browsing the back catalogue 😅
Also welcome to the Cali Crowd 👊🏿
I was looking for tips on how to avoid activating the hip flexors. Amazing video, straight to the point. thank you
Glad it helped!
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
Man, this has to be one of the most professional videos ever done. You're extremely clear, your pacing is perfect, thank you!!
That means a lot Seb!
And thanks for the love!
Comments like this make it easy to stay motivated making videos 👊🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowdyou're keeping a lot of people motivated as well! 😊
I've recently got some bad health news and have been inspired by it to get back in as good of shape as possible. What I like about hanging led raises is that they are easy to do a few reps throughout the day and maximize your results
I really appreciate you posting this. I struggled with the proper form of hanging leg raises but yours set me straight and on a path of success. Keep it up young man
The form on this is deceptively difficultly difficult, so glad this helped! 👊🏿
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
You got a lifelong subscriber today . From 2 months I am practising, passive hangs and I am surprised how much our body adapts . I am able to extend my duration from 3 seconds to 50 seconds . That too without fatigue . I was looking for abs exercises to increase my overall strength while hanging . And this video summarises it in such a wonderful way
I think this is the most important hanging leg raise video out there. I've revisited this video so many times in the past year- such useful pieces of usable information. Been struggling with L Sits and have been focusing on hanging leg raises to improve my core strength. Thank you so much for the effort, Andrew.
That means a lot!
I make these videos to help save people time on the mistakes I made so this is great 👊🏿
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
Great video Andrew!! Love the point about stretching the muscle you don't want to work first 👏🏼
Every little helps! 😗
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
This dude has a sweet house, just wanted to say that. Thanks for the crystal clear and highly actionable tips. Going to go knock out a few sets now. Good luck everybody
Finally a video with actually good tips. I put a yoga block between my knees and it’s a game changer on engaging the abs. Thanks a lot.
You're Welcome! 😁
bro thanks you so much, You have answered all the questions I had. I think now my abs will work better
No Worries =]
I used to have this issue and your leg raise tutorial was actually what helped me 😊
Glad ypu found it useful =]
Make sure to use a Ab-Strap, it will make a Big Difference.
Thank you, very informative video. In my case I think it might just be that my core is too strong and that’s why I don’t feel anything.
Haha!!
Iron abs! 😅
wow ok the detail is on point and even listing some progressions before hand is super helpful, subbed
Welcome to the Cali Crowd 👊🏿
I tried this in my training today and it helped so much! Thank you! I had given up on this exercise!
Great to hear!
I did these yesterday attempting Jonathan Majors upper body workout. Killer! But I realize now my breathing was totally off and my back archer a little bit. Definitely going to fix these things!
Glas the video helped you out, Tyler!
That was exactly what I was searching for, thank you!!
No worries! 💪🏿
Thank you for this video I have been looking for years! The best bar leg raise video by far! Very detailed oriented and easy to get. Keep it up💪🏿
No worries! And happy you found it valuable!
This is the best hanging leg raise tutorial I have ever seen! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank YOU James 😁
Well explained
Thanks Matt!
This is a game changer! For ages I was doing it wrongly and this is BY FAR the best tutorial video I’ve ever seen for HLR! Thanks man
That means a lot! Hanging leg raises are a tricky one so glad it helps!
Work THIS. Not this. Or THAT. Love the breakdown and clear explanations. 👍🏽💯👍🏽
haha Thanks!
This is gold!! I watched it when you first published it, but didn't realise just how good this advice is, until I re-watched it now, with a lot more leg raise experience under my belt. Thank you!! 💪🤸♀️
haha you know the video's good when you hit hit up the 'rewatch' 😅
Happy your Leg raises have progressed! 💪🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thanks! Me too 💪😃
I love how you explain things!!!
I love how you watch things! 😂
I have just restarted doing those! After the op, I had to stay away from hanging exercises due to elbow issue but I am just starting to do those again and it feels great! Those tips you gave are amazing, absolutely spot on! Fantastic content as usual Andrew!
Glad the recovery is going well, Michael!
And yeah I is an awesome exercise just a bit misunderstood, I think!
Cheers for the Love, man! Your comments are always an ever-present on this channel!
@@CaliToTheCrowd I feel like the knees to chest is great for compression, hurts like hell :)
The bent knees are a great way to start before transitioning to straight leg or leg to bar, those latter ones are serious and not to be underestimated!
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Lots of good tips. I am looking for alternative ab exercises to avoid doing the floor belly crunches because I have chronic acid-reflux and the doctor has forbidden me to do any form of belly crunch or leg raise or any inverted position. So, as you see, I am in a bit of a fix here. These exercises you have just performed could be a way of keeping up with my fitness without worrying about my GERD: gastro - esophageal-relux-disease.
Thanks very much, and would appreciate a few more exercises in hanging position to compensate for the ones I cannot do on the floor. Great channel and worth sharing. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate the love Nick!
In terms of tutorials on exercises in handing positions, this is the only one i do if I am honest, though I am also in the process of learning to perform a dragon flag and so I have that coming soo if you think you'd be interested 👊🏿
One of, if not the best video on hanging leg raises.
That means loads, Jeff, thank you! 💪🏿
Excellent quality and concise content. Keep up the good work
Explained very well
Thank you brother
You're welcome!
Most underrated fitness channel on youtube
Cheers for the vote of confidence! 👊🏿
Hey, I just found out about you because I'm having trouble with my L sits and found your video and just thought that you are way too underrated in this field. Your videos are very informative and filled with very useful content. You deserve more audience and support. Keep going man!
Thanks Joseph! 👊🏾
Awesome visualizations, your attention to detail goes a long way in your explaination. Keep it up!
Cheers, Nate 👊🏿
Actually epic video, thank you for the value you are giving us on this website 😊
No worries - glad you like the videos!
Other people said this…but yeah, this is just great!
Thanks! 👊🏿
Thanks, very informative and well articulated.
Cheers Frank! 💪🏿
Good demonstration
great vid as always andrew
Thanks! 👊🏿
BRILLIANT VIDEO! Thank you!!! The video I’ve been looking for on the hanging leg raise!🙏🏼 will try this this week and so how I get on! 😊
Thanks! Let me know how it goes! 👊🏿
You have the best videos about engaging muscles. Subscribed.
Welcome to Cali to the Crowd 👊🏿
Great video! Really struggeling with this one because of bad shoulder flexibility. Understanding more of it now. Thanks again!
yeah sometimes it can be tricky to get to the root cause of a problem when it comes to calisthenics - but the good news is that fixing one problem can actually improve many things when it comes to bodyweight training!
Keep grafting, Jone - and good luck!
Started a new program so been researching my work load. Really enjoyed your video bro. Cool stuff man. One love.
Good luck with your new program! 👊🏿
Great content! Hope your channel continues to grow! I'll let you know what results I get in the next few weeks now that I'm cutting for summer. Bless up!
Excellent! Hope the gains keep coming!!!
Wow! Did I pick the right video on this topic, or what!? Fantastic! One video and I'm a subscriber!
Welcome to the Cali Crowd!! 👊🏿
5:40 good shit👌will use that
A problem i have is that i dont have the grip strength to keep myself up to do enough reps to feel it in my abs- what should i do
Yeah that can be frustrating! It does come though. Just be persistent 👊🏿
solid advice. Thanks a lot mister.
You're welcome 👊🏿
I literally was thinking about this problem yesterday and you came out with this video the very next day!!!
🧙♀️🔮
Next video is on the winning lottery numbers... stay tuned 🤣
Do you plan to also make some videos on dynamic part of calisthenics (for example jump over the bar, dragon 360)? It would be great 🐋
I plan on doing it in the future, but the sport/competition aspect of calisthenics is A LOT harder and I'm not getting younger haha! (getting the excuses in early)
Will reassess once I have reviewed my 2022 goals (middle splits, front lever, cleaner muscle up)
@@CaliToTheCrowd Good luck to your journey. I will be following ur Channel
I was having trouble with this. Thank you!
No worries, Nick, Let me know how it goes 👊🏿
Well and simply explained, very helpful!
Thank. you and glad it helped!
Genius …. I was doing everything you said was wrong 😮
Good tjp on squeezing knees together
Cheers, Steven!
Very informative thankyou that helped me find out what I needed to know. 👌
You're welcome, Jason!! Keep grafting 💪🏿👊🏿
Great content bro. You share good video every time 💯💯💯
Thanks Rigoz!
Thanks Andrew! you solved my problem
Brilliant! happy to help 💪🏿
the knees together tip is very interesting. when they feel like seperating it just proves that using too much hip flexor. my biggest issue is range of motion cant get the leg raise / l sit above 90 so also impacts knee raises
Interesting. How is your pike flexibility? Can you you touch your feet if you fold forwards?
If not, it, may be worth you doing laying leg raises in the meantime 👌🏿
Extremely good video. Thanks!
You're welcome, mate!
Your videos are week on week pure gold 🔥🔥🔥
Appreciate that, Janet
Nice one mate, just the video I needed thank you!
No worries 👊🏿
Really good video
Thanks 👊🏿
Perfect form 👊😎👍
Thanks 😁
Very well explained, thanks
you're very welcome 👊🏿
Nice video! 💪🏿
Thanks for the love 👊🏿
Great informative video brother.
Thank you 👊🏿
This are very good advises.
Glad you think so Bartosz 👊🏿
Great Video! Thank you so much!
You're very welcome! 😁
Good stuff Andrew, thanks for the video!
Glad you liked it!
You have a great channel man
Thanks Immanuel
Great vid!
Cheers
Your stuff is very useful
Thank you 😁
so clean!
only way I know how 😉
nicee, makes sense ❤
Thanks 😁
Hurts my shoulders too much, sadly. Even with active hang
Great video brother 😁🔥🔥
Cheers, Leon!
I think this is the bet video on leg raises ever
Excellent!! Thanks! 👊🏿
A plethora of spillover upsides? 😅 Great video btw
Briliiant,,thanks a lot,,
You're welcome 👊🏿
Amazing
Thanks Sameer! 👊🏿
Is it a good idea to do pull ups and hanging leg raises simultaneously?
Hey Andrew, as you are the expert on handstands maybe I thought I could ask you this. I've been having problems with the advanced pike push up. I think my form is good (maybe my shoulder blades stick out a bit) but I'm getting bad pain on my shoulders. Stopped training for 2 weeks and moved to muscle up work but it is still persisting. Went to the physio but they said nothing was wrong and it could be related to my posture (a bit slouched like all calisthenics athletes) but didn't offer any exercises to help me. Any ideas? Thanks :)
Haha! 'expert on handstands'! Diego, flattery gets you... EVERYWHERE!!!
In your advanced pike push ups if you find that that is happening, and a physio is giving you the all-clear, then the issue MAY be with posture.
If you're slouched the best thing you can do is work on the 'unslouching' muscles (so rhomboids, rear delts and traps). You can do this with inverted rows.
And if you're shoulders are rounded, working on external rotation will be crutial - so try ring face pulls.
Hope the pain goes away man, but no matter how hard it gets, please don't train through it! 👊🏾
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thanks Andrew!! Will give that a try, for now I replaced pike push ups with dumbell shoulder presses as they give me more room to work with and don't hurt. One last thing, what did you mean by "please don't train through it"? As in I should first fix it before training? (as it could make it worse?). Thanks again and keep it up, I love your channel
Is leg raise a good choice for training abs?
Would a supinated grip for this be helpful especially in cueing the pelvic tilt? Also ab slings are great in building volume I feel.
I find my arms and hands begin to fall asleep quickly.. not get week but literally get that sleepy feeling when it gets tingly and numb.. is this cause my shoulders aren’t flexible enough?
Good question!
I have seen this before and increasing shoulder flexion range did help in that scenario so definitely try that.
But also hands tingling could also be issues with elbow conditioning so check out this too:
czcams.com/video/vyJ4UYOLbr8/video.html
Hope this helps!! 👊🏿
So I should not engage or protact my scapula while doing hanging knees raises instead I should engage my abs by flexing it right?
Yes, Naveen!
It sounds unintuitive, but hopefully the explanation in the video helps you understand why. 💪🏿
It's all about being intentional with what we are looking to work
Are there any detriments to having a bend in the knee while raising the legs? A straighter leg makes the exercise harder for me, and I feel like I’m cheating myself out of an effective rep when the knees start to bend as it makes the exercise slightly easier. Thank you!
Good question Cody!
I'd actually argue that when starting out, the bend in the knee is a good thing, and it allows us to focus on the fact that the main aspect of this exercise is spinal flexion.
We need to get the bum cheeks as high as possible, and bending the knees is the easiset way to do this.
As we get stronger, we can straighten the legs 👊🏿
New subscriber here
Welcome to the channel 👊🏿
I've been doing your exercises and I've been seeing slow improvement. I have a new question though- do you think weak hip flexors inhibit being able to raise our legs for an L-sit? As of now, I've been focusing only on the rectus abdominus like you suggested, but I feel my hip flexors are still super weak.
In a way, yes, but I would focus more on compression strength.
Simply put this is the ability to fold forward. Leg raises are good for this when you already have decent compression strength but If I were you, I would pair them with wall leg raises too.
Sit with your back against the wall, legs straight, and try and lift both your feet off the floor while keeping your legs straight.
This will be hard at first but will be so incredibly valuable for your global core strength 💪🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you so much, Andrew. Going to add this to my workouts.
If i do it properly would upper abs be also fully engaged?
hello, how owuld i begin to do this in terms of sets , im still quite new to exercing and am not sure
No worries!💪🏿
I personally like keeping the reps on these quite high -8-12 reps - and you can just throw a couple of sets into every other workout at the beginning.
This is what I do anyways 💪🏿
Hi, great video. 4:37 - Do you think this can occasion some back problems if I have bulging disc? I noticed I am doing it wrong...And I start to feel some low back problems even I try to stretch and exercising glutes ... :/ :(
Good question!
if you have a bulging disk, and you know you have a bulging disk. I would highly recommend that you speak to a specialist and get their advice when it comes to any exercise that flexes / extends the spine.
Really hope you're not in too much pain, František !!
Fear is an illusion! Dont believe the devil! You can do ALL THINGS!!
How far apart do your knees get at the top range of this motion? Using the book example, should you be able to keep it between your knees and touch your chest with it? I notice in that range, my knees drift apart.
Great question. The book/cushion/whatever you use, is just the mental cue. The main thing to focus on is visualising squeezing your legs together.
You may have big quads, or not be the most flexible when it comes to leg adduction, so even if your knees/legs come apart, as long as squeezing them together is what you are INTENDING AND TRYING to do, this is what matters.
Hope that helps clarify that, Steven!
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you Andrew! I've always struggled with flexibility, so I'm guessing that's the main issue. Gotta keep working at it.
P.S. Are isometrics just as effective as conventional exercises using range of movement and involving weights? Thanks.
Isometrics are great for building strength in a specific range of motion, or understanding how an exercise works, but conventional (i.e. moving through a concentric and eccentric) typically works better for building mass.
Both have their uses so up to us which we want to achieve 👊🏿
Andrew how much leg raises should I do and how many sets? Should I train them every day? Currently I can endure 30 sec Hanging L-Sit and was thinking to incorporate leg raises in my routine.
I don't think daily ab training is necessary to be honest.
A 30 sec hanging l sit is a good base and will serve you for most things.
I personally hit 3 x 12 hanging KNEE raises about 2 or 3 times a week depending on how I feel.
Hope this helps!
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thanks a lot man! I have just one question. As I said, I can endure 30 seconds hanging L-seat easily, can do up to 40 seconds but it is really hard then. Both with chin-up and pull-up grip.
But I cant L-seat hold when I am in a parallel bar dip position, not even a 1 second. The best I can do is tucked L-seat, but as soon as I extend my legs my form falls a part. Also, I have no problems with flexibility, I can touch my toes with my palms with straight legs easily. So is it the weak hip flexors, weak quads or weak triceps, or weak everything, and what you recommend I should do? lol
I am really puzzled, because I do the hanging variant pretty easy but I struggle with the basic one, and can't even imagine to start doing the ground one at this point. I though that I could do it easily but was shocked that I cant hold not even a second. I just plan to start working on it, your guidance would help me a lot. Thank you in advance.
Great question. so great in fact, that I will actually make a video on this in th near future so cheers for the idea!
In the meantime, the short(er) answer is that the hip flexors and spinal flexors have overlapping ranges of motion.
In an l-sit, our shoulders move more into extension, which encourages spine FLEXION, while the hip flexors are also demanding more from spine flexion.
We know that muscles are weaker at end range and so this is what leads to things like cramp.
In hanging leg raises however, the shoulders are in flexion which encourages spine EXTENSION. This means that in a hanging l-sit most of the work is only being done by the hip flexors (kinda the point I mention at 1:28 in the video).
With fewer muscles working at end range, this is why it may appear easier.
Hope I explained that well (It will work better with visuals - I promise!)
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate you took the time to answer. Can't wait for the video. The only thing I did not understand is what actually I need to work on the most in this case. But I guess you will answer it in the video.
I just recently found your channel. The thing is that now I am 35 and it is way harder than when I trained in the early 20s. But when you watch other big calisthenics channels either they are young guys full of strength who never struggled with weight loss, flexibility/mobility or injures, or they are professional athletes who unlocked the basic skills like 15 years ago. So they do all the progressions effortlessly and you never get to grasp how hard you actually have to train, commit to it, struggle, do the prehab and how much time you will need to master the skill. Only when I saw your video about the handstand and that you needed more than a year to master it I understood that I would also need ad least a year or longer. And that it is not "easy basic skill" at all like other channels suggest (eg I needed a year to master 5 ball juggling or to pass some economics price theory exam, I never considered them to be nor easy or basic, at the contrary I always thought they were super hard when you need the whole year). But I also saw that I would also be able to do the handstand too.
sorry realise that I didn't really answer you in my reply 😂
Short answer that I would recommend to you do hanging knee raises (bent knee), while also working on your pike mobility. Getting more flexible will make your l-sit far easier to hold.
Also I 100% hear you. I'm 31 and certainly feel that balancing all of this with work - family, and general life is a real challenge.
Everything is a balance and (like you said) because we aren't pro-athletes that can practice 4 hours a day, these things will take us longer.
Yes dude because it is not an abdominals exercise.
This is hip flexor, aka Psoas exercise.
Rectus abdominis main role: trunk flexion
As long as knees come past the hips and the spine flexes, this is a truck flexion exercise 🙂
He literally explains this at 1:30. Watch the video properly, bro! 😂
Accent surprised me. Was expecting American.
Anyway, nice video!
Nope, just another boring Brit 😂