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Core

Lying Leg Raise

Trains core. No equipment at all. We use it as an accessory rather than a main lift.

What you need

Equipment
Nothing — bodyweight
Trains
Core
In a plan
An accessory

This one needs almost nothing — dumbbells, a bench, or just the floor. It's part of the set we fall back to so that any gym can still get a complete plan.

How to do it

Press your lower back into the floor the whole set — if it arches, stop the legs higher.

Watch the form ↗

That's a search, not a fixed video — deliberately. A pinned clip can be deleted or turn out to be a bad demonstration, and you'd only find out mid-workout.

When we won't give you this

  • We leave this out for anyone who's flagged their lower back — the spine is holding the load rather than a machine.

None of this is medical advice — see the health disclaimer.

If the machine's busy

These train the same pattern, and they're what the app offers you as a swap: