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Apr 23 2009

Summer Fitness Circuit Workout 4: Hanging Leg Raises

The hanging leg raises work your core and  your upper body. When you pull yourself up, try to keep your elbows bent at 90 degree angles and pointing forward above shoulder height. Flex at your hips and pull the knees upward towards your elbows. Don’t swing your body and keep the movement slow and totally under control. You can return into the starting position and put your feet on the ground and repeat five times, or you can just straighten your legs without touching the floor and do 5 consecutive reps. In order to build strength it is good to practice both ways. You want to be strong, because you want nice toned muscles. If you can’t do 5 reps in a row, start with less reps or take longer breaks between your reps. Just don’t give up  because you get discouraged by the challenge. You can add more difficulty to this exercise by holding a medicine ball between your knees. I will show you the variation of this exercise as soon as I get stronger :)

Best,

Zuzana.

  • http://WWW.SYLVAINFITNESSOLUTION.COM SYLVAIN BRICE

    HEY ZUZANA, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. I’M A PERSONAL TRAINER AND I DO A LOT DYNAMIC TRAINING WITH MY CLIENTS. EVEN I DO ALMOST THE SAMES EXERCISES, YOU VIDEOS SHOW ME DIFFERENT ANGLES AND MODIFICATIONS. I GET MORE REGRESSION AND PROGRESSION FORMS…YOU ARE GREAT. BY THE WAY YOU HAVE THE TIGHEST BODY I HAVE EVER SEEN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GOD BLESS!!

  • http://www.google hanan

    great abs
    keep going >>> good job

  • http://www.google hanan

    zuzana
    please make another video about your currently diet

    pleasssssssssssssssssse
    thanx

  • Jessie

    Hy Zuzana,
    these exercises are awesome!! I just have one question: which exercise could I do instead of hanging leg raise,because I don’t have anything in my apartment (stairs for example) to do these kind of exercises?
    Best,
    Jessie

  • Roger

    Great job on the hanging leg raises. How tall are you? Using the stairs is a great idea. In an earlier video with your two doggies, you had the couch in that corner. Do you move the couch out of there every workout? What is the name of the place that you hiked? Breka kes kala? I dont know you say it so fast. What does the name mean? Thank you for the videos, with your help I will be in a two piece by the summer.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Jessie if you have a doorway you can buy a pull up bar, it is worth buying it.

  • Rob

    Hi Zuzana,
    thanks for the creative excercises everytime, site below also has lots of fitness info:
    http://exrx.net

    rgrds, Rob

  • Brittney

    Yes I agree, could you please make another video on your diet. I’m very curious to what you are eating.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1051847781 Bima Pringgokusumo

    How is hanging leg raise different from doing leg raise in dips position? I usually do it that way, in the corner of the kitchen counter.

  • Charles McClarty

    Fantastic abdominals. You are in tremendous shape and have lean hard muscles. Thank you for sharing those secrets.

  • Brooklynn

    Hey Zuzana,
    I was just wondering when you will be putting the rest of the excercises for this workout on your site. Ive been doing the 4 on here, but i feel like im not getting the full effect.
    Also, what should I eat if im looking to tone up, but not lose alot of weight?

    Thanks bunches :)

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    HI Brooklynn, it will take couple days before we get the rest of the workout up on the site. You can do any of the older circuits or boot camps for now. I am not a nutritionist and I don’t know much about diet, so I just eat what a common sense tells me. I eat small portions, 5 to 6 times per day and I am measuring my food with hands, you can read how to measure your portions here. Every time I come across something interesting I post it in diet and nutrition category. I believe in very basic and simple approach to diet and I don’t feel that there is something I haven’t said yet and what you couldn’t find in my articles. Kind regards.

  • Brooklynn

    Hi Zuzana
    these workouts are really helping me build strength and tone up… and boost my self confidence :) I just wanted to say Thanks.
    Thanks Bunches :D

  • CECI

    I LOVE THIS EXCERSISE, BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY ONE CAN FEEL IT ALL OVER THE ABDOMINAL REGION.
    THANK YOU FOR PUBLISHING ALL THESE EXERSISES.
    BEST,
    CECI

  • ND

    Hi Zuzana,
    I have recently found your website and it inspired me to work out more and get fit more. I do vinyasa yoga recently and planning to do your summer circuit workouts.I have a question: Is the doing those exercise with right exact form very important? Because in yoga as you know doing with right alignment and with right technique is the most important thing. Is it same for weight training as well? If so, is it possible to record your videos showing your whole body for one rep at least so that I can see exactly how you are moving. For instance for this exercise I was not sure where your arms are supposed to be when you pull your legs and put them back just looking at the video (but i got it reading your post) also in the cross body snatch video, when you pull your dumbbell up, the camera goes along with it and could not tell how your legs are moving.
    Thanks so much! What you are doing is truely genuine. Receiving respect from others are priceless and you are respected by all of us.

  • Dave

    Hi Zusanna,
    just wanted to thank you ;) My GF always wanted to get a more athletic body and just started training. I told her it always helped me visualize my goal when I looked at other male athletes and their training.
    She said maybe that would help her too and asked me if i knew a fitness model or something that looks lean and fit and not overly muscular and i choose you as an perfect example^^ Well first question was “hey, why you know that site so well? And how often do you surf there?!” but, well…after that she was very interested too :)
    Thx for the motivation!

    Greets from germany
    Dave

  • Tom

    Hello Zuzana,

    What type of strenght-training routine can you recommend for a young swimmer. My daughter is 13y and is a year round swimmer. summer is almost here, so we are looking for dry-land routines for her, to get stronger not bigger. In swimming bigger muscles equals resistance,which we dont want. She needs to stay lean, flexible and strong. An example of an ideal swimming body would be Dara Torres. However finding out what her workout routine is, is impossible. I really enjoy your informative tips and online videos. Thanks for everything.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Tom,
    I think your daughter has to work on her endurance. But because she is only 13, she can’t do routines with high reps and heavy weight that I would normally suggest. I think for her would be the best bodyweight workouts, plyometric exercises, and circuit trainings.

  • Marique

    Hi Zuzana,

    I’m from the Netherlands and my English is not so good, so I will keep it short =) I have a question about the weights (dumbbels) and medicine ball that you use, how heavy are they? I am a girl of 22 years old and I would like to start your exercises! How heavy should my weights be? I hope you want to answer my question. Then I can start!

    Thanks for sharing the exercises with us, I think you can help many people.

    Greetings Marique.

  • Travis

    Hey Zuzana,

    What is an alternate workout I can use in place of this one in this circuit, as I don’t have anywhere I can do pull ups or hang from to do hanging leg raises? Thank you for all of your help!

  • http://www.bodyrock.tv/ Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    HI Travis,

    If you have a door at home you can easily do the pull ups and hanging leg raises on the door. Just make sure that the door can handle your weight :) A tree branch will work as well.

  • http://bodyrock.tv florencia

    hii i wanted to know how manny times should a person excise …..cardio n building muscle?
    how many times a day ?

  • http://www.bodyrock.tv/ Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Florencia,

    I have answered this question in Fitness F.A.Q.

  • navi

    hi zuzana
    i am working out at high intensity everyday from last 2 months but i am not gaining any muscle mass may be just little.i am already skinny, but i have love handles.i wanna have tight and toned body.i am wondering if u can give me some tips so that i can gain muscle fast in low time.

    thank u very much

  • Sunny

    Hi Zuzana…I am sorry to bother you so much…but I have trying to do a couple of these every day at the playground next to my house (because I don’t have a bar)…and have already realized a couple of problems. The first is that I am not even strong enough to bend my arms at 90 degrees or anywhere close for more than 10s…and the second is that I am not able to raise my knees that high (the highest is my first rep)…Is it easier with the rope? Or do I just have to get stronger before I can even attempt this?

  • http://www.bodyrock.tv/ Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Sunny, you don’t have to have your arms bent like me in this video. Check out the hanging leg raises in my Advanced Body Weight Workout. A good tip for getting strong enough for this exercise is just to hang for as long as you can, keeping your shoulders packed and arms strong. If you are able to raise your knees at least a tine little bit, that is a good progress and the more often you practice, the better you will get. It is all just about practicing the exercises that we want to be good at.

  • Sunny

    Muchos Gracias! :)

  • http://- JESSICA

    muy buenos ejercicios, admirable tu estado fisico! voy a intentarlo…gracias por los videos!!

  • Danni

    Hi,

    Thanks for the exercises. I don’t have a bar (or any other place to hang from really…) is there any other exercise that will have a similar effect? Thanks

  • Mariam

    Hey, Your workouts and motivation to exercise is very motivating. I had a quick question though. For the circut workout do we combine all four of them in the 30 minutes or do one of the routines for 30 mins?

  • alexa

    hey zuzana.. i have finally decied to start exercising how ever the video Summer Fitness 6 Week Exercise Program – Schedule just doesn’t seem to work ..is it my computer or is it actually missing? thank you for posting all these various workouts from which i can choose:)
    also..this is the last part of this circuit? (i suppose i’ll find out if you put back on the program video..but i thought i should ask)
    take care
    xoxo alexa

  • Chris

    Hi,

    I’ve been trying to access the Summer Fitness Circuit workouts but there is an error saying “Cannot Establish Database Connection”.

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