Legs · Bodyweight · Beginner
Side Leg Raises
Primary
- Main muscles
- Adductors
How to do it
- Stand next to a chair, which you may hold onto as a support. Stand on one leg. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your leg straight, raise it as far out to the side as possible, and swing it back down, allowing it to cross the opposite leg.
- Repeat this swinging motion 5-10 times, increasing the range of motion as you do so.
Other adductor exercises
- Lateral Bound · Bodyweight
- Lateral Box Jump · Other
- Lateral Cone Hops · Other
- Lying Bent Leg Groin · Other
- Side Lying Groin Stretch · Bodyweight
- Thigh Adductor · Machine
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