One study has shown that doing the vertical
chair knee raise, can stimulate your abdominal muscles by around 200 % more than a standard crunch.
Not exact matches
Climb into the
chair, keep your spine straight against the ball (or mat) and
raise your
knees to your chest.
Take a deep inhale and
raise your arms perpendicular to the floor, palms facing each other, and as you exhale, bend your
knees parallel with the floor and send your hips back like you are sitting into a
chair.
10: Hanging
Knee Raises on a Captain's
Chair 9: The Plank Pose 8: Stability Ball Crunches 7: Stability Ball Piques / Straight Leg Roll - Ins 6: Swiss Ball Exchange between the Feet and Hands 5: Reebok Core Board Twisting
Knee Raises 4: Medicine Ball Russian Twists 3: Moving Side Planks 2: Decline Reverse Crunches on a Board 1: Bicycle Crunches
To increase the intensity try hanging leg
raises by using the top handles (if the
chair has them otherwise you can use a pull up / chin up bar or even a sturdy tree branch) and do either the
knee or straight leg
raises.
Inhale,
raise your arms up towards the sky, and then exhale bringing your left hand to your right
knee and your right hand to the back of your
chair.
Elevated backward leg
raise +
knee — 15 reps each leg Step right leg on a
chair.
For the
chair exercise, repetitions of toe
raises, heel
raises,
knee lifts,
knee extensions, and others were done while seated on a
chair.
On
chair raise back leg + lift other
knee — 10 reps each legs Another exercise for thighs that stress on back of the thigh, because previous exercise emphases on front thigh.
There are a couple of different moves you can perform in this
chair, rest your arms on the pads, hold the handles and bring your
knees up towards your chest, or for a more intense workout do a straight leg
raise so bring both legs up together keeping them horizontally out in front of you.
To increase the intensity try hanging leg
raises by using the top handles (if the
chair has them otherwise hang from the pull up bar) and doing either the
knee or straight leg
raises.
Leg
raises on the floor, on the pull - up bar or in a vertical
knee raise station (with a power tower or captain's
chair) are the recommended moves.
Leg Press — 5 sets \ 15, 12, 10, 8, failure Leg Extension — 5 sets \ 15, 12, 10, 8, failure Seated Ham Curls — 5 sets \ 15, 12, 10, 8, failure Standing Calf
Raises — 5 sets \ 15, 12, 10, 8, failure Seated Calf
Raises — 5 sets \ 15, 12, 10, 8, failure Cable Crunches — 4 sets \ 25 reps Captains
Chair Knee Ups — 4 sets \ 25 reps Hanging Leg Lifts — 4 sets \ 25 reps
I have trouble getting into bar - stool - height
chairs, but as long as I don't need to
raise my
knee to hip height, everything's great.