The Leg Lift Ab Exercise

Video Transcript

"We are going to start the lower ab leg lift by remembering to get on the ground safely. You want to place those palms flat on the ground. You're going to lift those legs up slowly. Whatever your flexibility is, if you're not able to get your legs straight in the air you can have a slight bend in your legs, okay? That's quite alright. Again, we are going to start with the movement. Remember, when you?re moving, you're exhaling, when you're not moving, you're inhaling. So, what we're going to do is, we're going to lift the glutes as if your heels are trying to touch the ceiling, and then you're going to relax your glutes on the ground. So you're going to lift the heels to the ceiling, and relax those legs. Let's start by lowering your body just a little bit, so that your lower back should not come off the ground. The first movement, lift those legs to the ceiling, you're going to bring your glutes down on the ground, lower those legs just slightly, and if you need to bend your legs, you can. You're going to bend the legs and making sure at all times that you're keeping your lower back on the ground. So only lower your legs when you feel the resistance in your lower abdominals. Return to the starting position and lift those glutes up, bring it down slowly and safely. Lower those legs just as much as you can so that there is no space in between your lower back. Lift your legs up to the ceiling and down. That is the lower body ab-lift abdominal workout. You want to make sure that beginners start with 20. And for intermediates start with about 40, and for advanced you can shoot for 60."