How To Do Standing Cuff Raises Video

Standing leg raises work the hip flexors and the waist. Learn how to perform standing cuff raises from a personal trainer in this exercise video.

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Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) since 2001.

In this clip we are going to be doing a side raise with an exercuff. Once again we are going to be using something for additional support. If you feel comfortable not holding on to something that is fine but it is a little bit better to hold on to something and then you can progress from there. So we are going to hold on to our side support, keep our body in an upright position, shoulders back. Imagine there is a string pulling from the top of your head keeping your spine in alignment, back nice and straight and we are going to lift from the side and release. We are going to try to keep your body as much in an upright position as possible. You'll find that people might lean into this exercise which is going to put a lot of stress on the low back. This may seem and feel really easy at first but it will start to build up on you and by the end of the third set you should feel like you've got a good work out. So I would start off with sets of 10 to 12 and maybe build to 15 and you can do 2 to 3 sets once you get your endurance built up. So you're going to lift and release. You are going to feel this in the hip abductors. You'll also feel it in the hip flexors, lift and release.

How to do standing cuff raises Video

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