Leg Rise Exercises for the Abs

Video Transcript

"Hello, I’m Jacob Garcia with JGG Fitness Denver. On behalf of ExpertVillage.com, I want to show you two abdominal exercises, using the captain’s chair and a chin up bar. First let’s do the one with the captain’s chair, you’re going to stand up on the pegs and get your back flat against the pad behind you and go ahead and scoot down until your elbows and forearms are gently against the pad and go ahead and grip the handles and take your feet off the pegs. Now you’re going to do the bent knee leg rise. Go ahead and bring the knees up until they’re at about a 90 degree angle and back down. Make sure your back is against that pad the whole time. This is a really great exercise for the erectus abdominus and you can flatten that stomach. This next exercise I’m going to be using the chin up bar, go ahead and grab the bar and just hang your weight down. Take your feet off the pegs and just feel that stretch in your arms, now we’re going to bring your toes all the way up touching the chin up bar, keeping your legs straight at all times, make sure your back is rounded during this whole movement. We’re going to bring them up, and back down. Go ahead and put your feet back on the pegs, pull yourself up, where you’re in a position to safely get off the captain’s chair. "