Inner Leg Lift

Exercise Animation

Exercise Details

Equipment

bodyweight

Difficulty

Advanced

Type

isolation

Muscle Focus

Primary Muscles
adductor
Secondary Muscles
hamstringsquadricepsabsobliques

Instructions

  1. 1.Begin by lying on your left side, propped up by your left arm with the forearm on the floor. Rest your right arm in front of your body. Place your right leg over the left with the knee bent. Make sure your left leg is straight. This is is your starting position.
  2. 2.Keeping your left leg straight, flex your left foot and lift the leg up in small pulses. Do as many pulses as is required for the amount of time desired.
  3. 3.Repeat on the other side of the body.

Tips

  • Try to make sure you keep the lifting leg straight throughout the exercise.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the concentric (elevation) portion.

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