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Captain's Chair Knee Raise

Also: vertical leg raise (on parallel bars)

Main
Abs
Secondary
Hip flexors
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Movement
Core flexion

How to do it

  1. Hang from the parallel bars with your arms fully extended and your body straight.
  2. Engage your core and lift your legs up in front of you, keeping them straight.
  3. Continue lifting until your legs are parallel to the ground or slightly higher.
  4. Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your legs back down to the starting position.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım