Knee Raise Parallel Bars
Trains the abdominals. You need a machine. 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 Knee Raise Parallel Bars
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 Knee Raise Parallel Bars trains
Technique
How to do Knee Raise Parallel Bars
- Position yourself on the parallel bars or captain's chair with your forearms on the pads, gripping the handles, and your back against the backrest if available. Let your legs hang straight down.
- Engage your core and raise your knees up toward your chest by bending your hips and knees.
- Pause briefly at the top when your thighs are at or above parallel to the floor.
- Slowly lower your legs back to the starting position with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Avoid swinging your legs; lift and lower with slow, controlled movement.
- Exhale as you raise your knees and inhale as you lower them.
- Keep your shoulders down and away from your ears, and avoid sagging between the bars.
- Tilt your pelvis slightly upward at the top of the movement to fully engage your abdominals.
Substitutes
Swap Knee Raise Parallel Bars for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run Knee Raise Parallel Bars 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.