Lateral Leg Raises
Trains the glutes. 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 Lateral Leg Raises
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 glutes exercise that is, there are 7 on the Glutes page.
Muscles worked
What Lateral Leg Raises trains
Technique
How to do Lateral Leg Raises
- Lie on your side with your legs stacked and extended straight, resting your head on your lower arm and placing your top hand on the floor in front of you for balance.
- Keeping your top leg straight and your toes pointing forward, raise it upward as high as you comfortably can without rotating your hips.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement.
- Lower your leg back down with control until it almost touches your bottom leg. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your hips stacked and avoid rolling backward as you lift your leg.
- Lift and lower with a slow, controlled motion rather than swinging the leg.
- Keep your toes pointing forward, not upward, to keep the focus on your glutes and outer hip.
- Exhale as you raise your leg and inhale as you lower it.
Substitutes
Swap Lateral Leg Raises for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run Lateral Leg Raises 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.