Hanging Knee Raise
Trains the abdominals. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Hanging Knee Raise
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Hanging Knee Raise trains
Technique
How to do the Hanging Knee Raise
- Hang from a pull-up bar with an overhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart, and your arms fully extended with your legs hanging straight down.
- Engage your core and raise your knees up toward your chest by bending your hips and knees.
- Pause briefly when your thighs are at or above parallel to the floor.
- Lower your legs back to the starting position with control, avoiding any swinging. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Avoid swinging or using momentum; lift and lower your knees with control.
- Focus on curling your pelvis upward at the top to fully engage your abdominals.
- Exhale as you raise your knees and inhale as you lower them.
- Keep your shoulders active and pulled down away from your ears while hanging.
Substitutes
Swap Hanging Knee Raise for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Hanging Knee Raise for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.