It's amazing how the most deceptively simple exercises are the hardest! I'm currently doing two sets of 20 reps of these in addition to the rest of my resistance/cardio programme. Dropped two dress sizes in a month, so going to keep it up :)
Ok, it's now 2 years later, how are you getting on? (Btw, I'm typing this despite the fact a count down timer has gone off, calling me back to my next rep).
You do want the natural arch to be maintained in the lumber spine during this exercise. Losing that natural arch either by flattening the spine or overarching places stress on intervertebral discs. This is bad because it may cause low back pain (disc bulg, etc.) and cause us to stop being able to be active healthy individuals. Therefore while doing this exercise, do place both hands under your lower back to stabilize that natural arch and firmly press into your hands while actively stabilizing (locking down) your core muscles. This is a great exercise to train HIP FLEXORS (which raise and lower legs) while engaging SUPER STIFFNESS in the core muscles. If you can't engage your core muscles then I suggest you practice more basic exercises like core stabilization without limb movements before progressing to core stabilization with limb movements.
This is exactly my experience. I did leg raises and static leg raises as a core component of my core work out for a long time. Then after searching for professionals to give explanations of proper form they kept saying press your spine into the floor so there is no space between your lower back and the floor. After a week of that I had persistent back pain. Neutral posture was much better.
Rick McFadden Oh dude thank you SOOOO MUCH when i did this exercise i flattened my back causing my back to hurt during the exercise and i tought i was doing something wrong since nobody ever said something about it Btw that made it so i forced my back muscles more than my ab muscles somehow
I do 500 a day or every other day depending on soreness, I just lay on the floor and do them while watching tv, works really good been doing this for years as my line of work is very labor intensive so I have to stay in shape to keep up.
I have 3 days left of my 30 day challenge and I gotta say I love it, never felt better. But, I gotta these are the fucking worst, I've never felt more torture, if u get past this u can do anything. keep at it wishing all of you the best
this will work mostly your hip flexors, if you want to work your lower abs then you should close the angle between your hips and your shoulders, wich means that you have to lift your hip from the floor
When i lower my legs down i get a slight pop in my lower back, barely feel it, though am concerned that it will cause a disk to dis-allign over time. Even with my legs a little bent, to the point of not really feeling the workout in my stomach it happens less, but is still there
I'm having trouble keeping my back from arching. Can you explain how to prevent back from arching? "pressing" doesn't seem to do the trick.. Am I not tensing my abdominal muscles enough?
Is it okay to do it with a rope or resistance bands tying your feet to your hand ? Or do you have to do it only with hands on the ground ? I'm a beginner
I'm going to substitute these for sit ups from now on. I can do lots of sit ups, but they just don't work as hard on the abs as the leg raises do. Plus these don't injure your spine over time... If you are using sit ups as part of your routine, do these instead.
Been trying these at home but have to stop after only a few reps because doing them makes me knees really hurt... Anyone got any suggestions as to why this is? Thanks
Great vid Good demonstration, Nice description and Clear explanation i jus wanted to ask. Does breathing in as you lower and out as you lift make that much of a difference? cause wen i do it i think i do it vice versa
My dance academy does a variation of this that absolutely KILLS. We have to lower our legs just above the ground for 8 seconds, hover them for 4 seconds before raising them for 8 seconds
Bent your legs! Lot of people in my gym with no experience start with straight leg raise. I think that for this exercise you really need strong core muscles.
I tried doing this and by the second day I was extremely sore on my lower back right, the third day I couldn't even get up to walk until a minute later. I'm not sure where If I had done something wrong or what but from watching this I did the exercise exactly like this. :(
How many is too may? I just completed 200 quite comfortably. Should i make them harder by putting on ankle weights? Does the body become immune to this exercise or any exercise if over-doing and simply not work anymore!
So i lay with hands to the sides. When i bring them up past like 45 degrees, i get a dull pain to my lower back. Its as my butt begins to come off the ground slightly. Is this just a flexibility issue? Never have had back problems and im only 26 years old!
Do you know if I can do this if I have high blood pressure? I used to do stomach crunches but stopped because the morning after the crunch excercise session I would get a spike in blood pressure wich would cause chest pain and a feeling of shortness of breath almost like I was drowning 😭😩😫
I actually found some sort of solution. When I do this, I try to keep my hands underneath or close to my butt. They shouldn't be completely under, just a little, to give you more support. I also lift my shoulders, just like when I'm doing a crunch - it really presses my lower back into the ground. Hope this helps somehow
Your back is raising because you don't have the strength in your core to lift the legs. Practice properly instead of taking short cuts and you'll build the strength to keep your back flat
AlexEvanescence9 try having someone above your head, and then hold their upper feet. You can sort of cheat while doing this, which defeats the point but it still works.
Whenever I try to sit down after this workout, parts around my ribs and upper stomach always hurt. It hurts so much that I can just lie back down until it goes away. Anyone know why?
I have a natural arch in my back so i'm not able to have my back fully flat on the floor (not even with my legs fully up). Should i avoid this exercise, or can i still do it without hurting my back?
Sorry if this is a really dumb question. But what can you do if you have a lot of side fat and you cannot keep your back flat on the ground? Again sorry for the dumb question but I really need to know.
No point raising past half way, If you are doing high reps of leg raises you're better off lifting half way going at a fast pace. Sit on your hands if you are feeling back pain.
All the way is more comprehensive from what I've found. It gets the upper abs more involved. If you do regular crunches as well, then I guess there would be no point in going all the way.
Well when I do leg raises, I find that there is no burn once I get me legs past the 45 degree angle mark. Pulling it up further just messes with my back.
Coptah Whatever works for you man- I've been reading up and others also seem to recommend no more than 45. I do notice my quad and back trying to get involved (in a bad way) after 45 once I'm already tired. But I still think that if you do the raise relatively slowly and try to avoid using momentum on the upswing, it emphasizes the upper core muscles more than 45.
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Lol good luck to everyone starting their new years workout challenges. Hope you all succeed for more than 12 days
Siobhan Malcolm I’ve lasted this long😂
mol c well done lol
Jokes on you, i only lasted three😎
thanks
Hopefully
It's amazing how the most deceptively simple exercises are the hardest! I'm currently doing two sets of 20 reps of these in addition to the rest of my resistance/cardio programme. Dropped two dress sizes in a month, so going to keep it up :)
Wow great job!
@@ummekulsum3624 how many can u do now bro
great job
Really
10 yrs ago… 😳
anyone else doing a 30 day challenge?
Late with the reply but I'm on day 2 ☺
Chivonne Smith Day 14 and i already can see the results
Ugh lol
Yup
KettiexD the one from 9gag ^^
This is such a hard exercise !!! .. I fear this of them all. lol. Slowly fearing the Plank too. Still trying my best not to give up though.
Good luck.
Ok, it's now 2 years later, how are you getting on?
(Btw, I'm typing this despite the fact a count down timer has gone off, calling me back to my next rep).
Plank casuses lower back pain..bad for posture..
@@Stan-lf4nz no it makes it more strong
I hate planks too
Me doing it for the first time: oh this isn’t so hard
Me doing it again: *shaking*
How do you prevent your back from arching? I try to keep it pressed down but my body don't listen to my mind lol
Might have anterior pelvic tilt
Just relax your torso
Practice
Try contracting your abs and keeping them engaged. Should help
My legs must be the most stiff mofos cont even lift um fully up 😭😥😢
How can she speak while doing an exercise
태태 입니다 lmao
Just a question, are you also here to do jungkook workout?🤣 cause I am...
@@chocopie3395 mee tooo 🤣🤣
It's way too hard
She's healthy
You do want the natural arch to be maintained in the lumber spine during this exercise. Losing that natural arch either by flattening the spine or overarching places stress on intervertebral discs. This is bad because it may cause low back pain (disc bulg, etc.) and cause us to stop being able to be active healthy individuals. Therefore while doing this exercise, do place both hands under your lower back to stabilize that natural arch and firmly press into your hands while actively stabilizing (locking down) your core muscles. This is a great exercise to train HIP FLEXORS (which raise and lower legs) while engaging SUPER STIFFNESS in the core muscles. If you can't engage your core muscles then I suggest you practice more basic exercises like core stabilization without limb movements before progressing to core stabilization with limb movements.
This is exactly my experience. I did leg raises and static leg raises as a core component of my core work out for a long time. Then after searching for professionals to give explanations of proper form they kept saying press your spine into the floor so there is no space between your lower back and the floor. After a week of that I had persistent back pain. Neutral posture was much better.
Probably cause you have weak abs
Rick McFadden Oh dude thank you SOOOO MUCH when i did this exercise i flattened my back causing my back to hurt during the exercise and i tought i was doing something wrong since nobody ever said something about it
Btw that made it so i forced my back muscles more than my ab muscles somehow
I can't even press my spine into the floor because i have a bone at the end of my back, that doesn't let me do so...
So instead of putting our hands below the glutes, you want to put it under the lower back?
It helped me a lot to keep the knees pressed together while doing this
Very helpful! I’m a beginner and this video has helped me learn what I’ve been doing was the wrong method! Thank you so much!
Same
thank u for the details, shoulders etc, people always leave so much out when they teach. awsome.
I do 500 a day or every other day depending on soreness, I just lay on the floor and do them while watching tv, works really good been doing this for years as my line of work is very labor intensive so I have to stay in shape to keep up.
I can only do 20 a day right now but after a while I think I’ll get better
That is so impressive, I can only do 15
200 a day morning and evening
crisp and clear, thanks for your vids! ;)
Wow. That was so helpful, yet short and sweet
I'm too inflexible to do these
Try stretching your legs and other parts of your body :)
+Kyle Tomlinson and i can't even sit straigh with my legs it kills me
+Kyle Tomlinson hello
*****
thx for the hellp m8
+Grammar Nazi I'm too inflexible to do these
Great clear directions. Thanks!
2019 in here, I always liked these exercises demonstration
I have 3 days left of my 30 day challenge and I gotta say I love it, never felt better. But, I gotta these are the fucking worst, I've never felt more torture, if u get past this u can do anything. keep at it wishing all of you the best
Yes ,can see and feel the change in lower abdominal 😊🙏🏻yet not completed 30 days!!
i respect you for dooing this verry hard exercises ! verry good job.
TY very Much for all the detail!!
Mam, Your r amazing thank you for teaching this.
this is one of the most satisfying exercise
thank you everybody. it's really good exercise to maintained the stability of the body & thereby reduce the LBP.
Brilliant demonstration 👌
These feel so good.
Bro my thighs be hurting
this will work mostly your hip flexors, if you want to work your lower abs then you should close the angle between your hips and your shoulders, wich means that you have to lift your hip from the floor
should we breathe from belly or chest while doing ab workouts ?
When i lower my legs down i get a slight pop in my lower back, barely feel it, though am concerned that it will cause a disk to dis-allign over time. Even with my legs a little bent, to the point of not really feeling the workout in my stomach it happens less, but is still there
how is it now
Amazing video very interesting thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you very much ❤
I even struggle doing 5 reps, much harder than I thought. Guess Im in worse shape than expected. Gotta start somewhere
Awesome advice
I'm having trouble keeping my back from arching. Can you explain how to prevent back from arching? "pressing" doesn't seem to do the trick.. Am I not tensing my abdominal muscles enough?
Is it okay to do it with a rope or resistance bands tying your feet to your hand ? Or do you have to do it only with hands on the ground ? I'm a beginner
thank you so much
Hi Amy
I am able to do three repeatitions after that I feel strain on my waist sides
Could be your hip flexors. Look up stretching exercises for your hip flexors, and see if that mimics the strained area you're describing.
I'm going to substitute these for sit ups from now on. I can do lots of sit ups, but they just don't work as hard on the abs as the leg raises do. Plus these don't injure your spine over time... If you are using sit ups as part of your routine, do these instead.
Everytime i do this the bone in my lower back (not sure if the tailbone or upper pelvis) hurts
Why can’t I straighten my legs and my legs feels so heavy to raise it just curls
How do you keep the back straight and avoid it arching? Because I find it impossible to keep my legs and back straight at the same time!
Awesome workout
what if someone cannot do leg raises, then what would you suggest they start with? please guide
Thanks
My neck and left shoulder hurt really bad while doing this, and my left arm goes numb. I keep my neck relaxed but to no avail.
How can i straight up my leg? It hurts so much when i tried to straighten it above
Probably the exercise that makes me gas out quickest. I have large legs. Really gets my blood pumping
Been trying these at home but have to stop after only a few reps because doing them makes me knees really hurt... Anyone got any suggestions as to why this is? Thanks
I'm doing 3 sets of 25 is this enough for just strengthening core? (I had major surgery on my spine a year ago)
Great vid
Good demonstration, Nice description and Clear explanation
i jus wanted to ask. Does breathing in as you lower and out as you lift make that much of a difference?
cause wen i do it i think i do it vice versa
Wow eleven years ago damn
So how are you doing now?
yeah mrmentix is right. getting into a good shape should be for yourself. if you do it for someone else you can't motivate yourself enough.
I need help I can do these very good but my stomach gets hard and pops out towards the bottom what do I do
Thanks!
Thank you so much
This is my fave exercise, especially when it started to burn inside.
Does the back arching problem go away with practice?
I can’t do it without my lower back lifting up; any advice?
how many times should i repeat a couple too see in 2 months that i loose my fat under belly?
25 up and downs. for 3 times?
My dance academy does a variation of this that absolutely KILLS. We have to lower our legs just above the ground for 8 seconds, hover them for 4 seconds before raising them for 8 seconds
Should i stretch legs while doing it or is it ok to bend a bit
After about 10 or so, I get a sharp pain in my lower back.
That's because hip flexor muscles pull the lumbar (lower) spine out of alignment. As well tend to tip the pevils.
Rafal Hoffmann Is this s a positional error on my half? If so, how would I correct it?
Bent your legs! Lot of people in my gym with no experience start with straight leg raise. I think that for this exercise you really need strong core muscles.
Rafal Hoffmann I'll try it tonight. Thanks for the advice!
@@JustCedThings so cedrick dod it work
I tried doing this and by the second day I was extremely sore on my lower back right, the third day I couldn't even get up to walk until a minute later. I'm not sure where If I had done something wrong or what but from watching this I did the exercise exactly like this. :(
Good video and good exercise!!
When I do a leg raise something goes with my veins like leg veins it started to hurt so much I can’t do it anymore
she makes it look so easy
i struggle to keep my back flat to the floor on these... any tips?
same
Do these help with tilts in dance
I can't bring them all the way up. I have stiffness in my erm thighs? Or hamstring.
I can't keep my legs straight like that when I raise...knee problems. Does that matter?
wow thanks that really helped.
Darkbeats Darkbeats. If I do these with one leg will it help with my uneven butt an thigh
I have scoliosis and everytime i do this something in my lower back is like colliding like my bone it’s making a sound is it bad ?
Is this for leg muscles or for the lower ab?
How many is too may? I just completed 200 quite comfortably. Should i make them harder by putting on ankle weights? Does the body become immune to this exercise or any exercise if over-doing and simply not work anymore!
Shell i do any time or only morning
So i lay with hands to the sides. When i bring them up past like 45 degrees, i get a dull pain to my lower back. Its as my butt begins to come off the ground slightly. Is this just a flexibility issue? Never have had back problems and im only 26 years old!
Had to search how to this just for my pe hw😃✨
& thats how you do your leg raises,,,,, :)
Thanks.
What is the use of this exercise? I have been doing 40 times of it daily after i started discovering it on my own and liking it. Bdw im 85 kgs
Do you know if I can do this if I have high blood pressure? I used to do stomach crunches but stopped because the morning after the crunch excercise session I would get a spike in blood pressure wich would cause chest pain and a feeling of shortness of breath almost like I was drowning 😭😩😫
This is the real reverse crunch.
Cj ơi tập nhiều rồi nó quen ko đau nữa đk ạ
It seems I am unable to keep my back flat to the ground, it always arches if I lower my legs more than halfway. What should I do?
+AlexEvanescence9 same problem, somebody help!
having the same problem. sigh.
I actually found some sort of solution. When I do this, I try to keep my hands underneath or close to my butt. They shouldn't be completely under, just a little, to give you more support. I also lift my shoulders, just like when I'm doing a crunch - it really presses my lower back into the ground. Hope this helps somehow
Your back is raising because you don't have the strength in your core to lift the legs. Practice properly instead of taking short cuts and you'll build the strength to keep your back flat
AlexEvanescence9 try having someone above your head, and then hold their upper feet. You can sort of cheat while doing this, which defeats the point but it still works.
Whenever I try to sit down after this workout, parts around my ribs and upper stomach always hurt. It hurts so much that I can just lie back down until it goes away. Anyone know why?
I have a natural arch in my back so i'm not able to have my back fully flat on the floor (not even with my legs fully up). Should i avoid this exercise, or can i still do it without hurting my back?
Probably. Just don't arch it from its natural arch cause you might break something
natural arch? pff... you have an anterior pelvic tilt.. research on how to fix it.. im to lazy to explain right now..cheers
You make it look so easy 😫😭
Placing my hands in either way hurts my tail bone.
Iam in here in 2021 for my new year resolution
Sorry if this is a really dumb question. But what can you do if you have a lot of side fat and you cannot keep your back flat on the ground? Again sorry for the dumb question but I really need to know.
Anyone know any good exercises to get a six pack - but that also do not damage your back ?
Thank you
Love these i do 100 of these daily. 30x3 + 10
To battle lazy thoughts. Listen to DAVID GOGGINS.
This is a core exercise. Not a leg exercise.
thank you
Is it okay to have back pain while doing it?or Im Doing it wrong?
No point raising past half way, If you are doing high reps of leg raises you're better off lifting half way going at a fast pace. Sit on your hands if you are feeling back pain.
All the way is more comprehensive from what I've found. It gets the upper abs more involved. If you do regular crunches as well, then I guess there would be no point in going all the way.
Well when I do leg raises, I find that there is no burn once I get me legs past the 45 degree angle mark. Pulling it up further just messes with my back.
Coptah Whatever works for you man- I've been reading up and others also seem to recommend no more than 45. I do notice my quad and back trying to get involved (in a bad way) after 45 once I'm already tired. But I still think that if you do the raise relatively slowly and try to avoid using momentum on the upswing, it emphasizes the upper core muscles more than 45.
***** no, that's not natural form... You don't want pain in your back doing this.
cb
So what is the difference between this and a leg lift?
Im trying to build muscle before I start trying parkour, so is that for me or to impress other people?
do these work your abb muscles to??
Hi i commented here because i think im the only person who commented here on 2021
LOL!
Whenever I do these, I feel all the strain in my quads instead of my lower abs. Does anyone know why this is happening?