35+ Captains Chair Leg Raise Images. The captain's chair leg raise surpasses this goal. Hold onto the handles of your captains chair.
Don't swing your legs to build momentum to perform the leg raise. The captain's leg raise is an effective gym abdominal exercise. Keep your core engaged throughout the entire exercise.
According to the american council on exercise, the captain's chair exercise ranks second highest of all ab exercises for rectus abdominis activity and in first place for oblique recruitment.
How to do captain's chair leg raise. Hold onto the handles of your captains chair. While keeping your core tight bend your knees and lift them up as a slightly easier variation of the captains chair raise, maintain a 90 degree bend in your knees while raising your legs to reduce the difficulty of the exercise. Slightly bend your knees and then slowly raise your legs.