Hanging knee raise exercises offer a challenging means of strengthening your abdominal and hip flexor muscles. These exercises target your iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fascia lata, rectus abdominis and your external and internal obliques....
If you're tired of doing sit-ups and crunches, you can get a powerful workout of your abdominal muscles by doing vertical knee raises. Resistance comes from the weight of your legs as you lift them towards your chest, but you can also up the ante...
Step-ups with a knee raise can be used for different levels of fitness and different goals. Step-ups with a knee raise are a functional exercise that applies to everyday movements such as climbing stairs or stepping up on a curb and sport...
Don't be fooled by the Knee-Raise Machine's ho-hum name. You can perform some of the most powerful sculpting exercises that can be done without free weights with this machine. Some of these include the obvious knee raise, of course, for your...
The vertical knee raise machine, or VKR as it's sometimes known, is a stand-alone apparatus designed to accommodate three body-weight exercises: Pullups, knee raises and dips. The VKR consists of a so-called captain's chair, which resembles an...
Fitness stations that allow you to perform multiple exercises on the same piece of equipment are great investments that can be a valuable addition to a home gym, fitness studio or health club. The vertical knee raise, pull-up, dip stations are one...
A hanging knee raise is an abdominal exercise that targets the rectus abdominus -- the large muscle in the midsection. Any time you perform flexion of the hip, you engage the same specific muscles. Flexion is a motion that causes a decrease in the...
Repeating the same workout each week can lead to the same results. If you want to increase the challenge of your exercise routine and stimulate your legs, add a lunge with a knee raise. The knee-raise lunge has variations to improve the tone,...
The crunch and hanging knee raise are abdomen-strengthening exercises that are similar in the way they target the abs. You do crunches while sitting on the floor. Hanging knee raises require the use of a horizontal bar from which the person hangs....
Leg exercises strengthen, tone and rehabilitate the muscles of your legs, lower back and abdomen. Knee and leg raises target different parts of your body and both can be performed in a variety of ways, depending on your level of mobility. For the...
Remember the monkey bars? When you went across them, did your feet dangle or did you bring your legs up so they wouldn't touch the ground? The hanging knee raise is similar to the monkey bars with a really tall kid crossing them. He has to bring...
Vertical knee raises require you to crunch while your legs are suspended and your torso is in an upright position. This makes the exercises particularly difficult because you have to work against the weight of your lower body. Your upper body gets...
The hanging bent knee leg raise is a challenging core exercise for advanced lifters. Although it is typically considered an abdominal exercise, the hip flexor muscles are primary movers during a large portion of the hanging bent knee leg raise. To...
You have two major calf muscles: gastrocnemius and soleus. Although your gastrocnemius performs powerfully during high-intensity calf movements, the soleus helps you push off the ground every time you take a walking step. Standing calf raises work...
Everyone benefits from abdominal exercises, but not every ab exercise will be comfortable or practical for every individual. Weight machines, for example, are not made to fit every body type. Swiss balls are popular tools for core training, but...
Hanging knee lifts, or leg raises, are body weight exercises that are typically performed using a basic pullup bar. You can also do hanging knee lefts from a rafter in your basement, or any other structure that you can hang from freely and...
A fit belly conveys an image of a healthy, well-conditioned individual. Getting that defined, six-pack look takes time and effort. To sculpt your midsection, you can target your abdominal muscles with several exercises which will focus on all of...
The muscles of your abdomen are just one muscle group that you can isolate and target with a Total Gym. Many exercises on a Total Gym use the abs to some degree to stabilize your body on the movable bench, which is called a glide board. There are...
The ProForm Assisted Power Tower, model number PFBE1716, is also known as an assisted vertical knee raise machine. It resembles a piece of gym equipment known variously as the Roman chair or captain's chair, a padded seat back and arms suspended...
The Roman chair is piece of fitness equipment commonly found at the gym or purchased for home use. The Roman chair allows your legs to hang freely by stabilizing your body with your arms. From this position you can perform a wide variety of ab...
The area of your stomach below your belly button is sometimes referred to as the lower abs. Certain core exercises target the lower abs by requiring you to pull in the lower abs. The concept of pulling in your abs simply describes the movement of...
Elderly adults receive the same benefits from exercise as their younger counterparts. Strong ab muscles contribute to balance and posture, which is especially beneficial for elderly individuals who are at a greater risk of falling. Seated...
About 300,000 elderly people are admitted to hospitals each year for broken hips that are usually caused by falls, according to the National Institute on Aging. Many elderly people have problems with strength and balance. Balance exercises help...
Exercise alone won't give you rock-hard abs. You need to trim calories and keep fat in check for the best look. However, there are many exercises to help you tone up the abdominal region. Some can be done at home with no equipment at all. Others...
A chin-up bar can be a useful fitness tool for performing abdominal exercises. Chin-up bars can be found at a gym, posted in a door way or purchased as a standalone piece of fitness equipment.
Whether you had a baby recently, gained weight or are just getting older, loose skin on your stomach can make you feel self-conscious about your physical appearance. However, it can also make it difficult to fit into clothes and may indicate your...
High knee pullups, also known as knee lift or knee raise pullups, can be even more beneficial than ordinary pullups. The additional challenge of high knee pullups means that during the exercise you engage muscles that ordinary pullups do not...
To decide which abdominal exercises are considered tough, look at the commissioned study done by the American Council on Exercise. They placed electrodes over the key abdominal muscles and performed multiple types of abdominal exercises. The...
Tae Bo classes and videos are among the most popular in the fitness industry. Tae Bo was developed by Billy Blanks more than three decades ago. It combines techniques from martial arts, boxing, and dance. The Tae Bo videos contain several...
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