Core · Bodyweight
Dip Leg Raise a Padded Stool Supported
How to do the dip leg raise a padded stool supported, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Core Hold
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Support yourself with hands on a padded stool behind you and legs extended out front, hips off the floor. Hold the support position and raise both straight legs up toward parallel, then lower them under control.
- 1Feel the triceps hold the support position
- 2Drive the legs up with the lower abs
- 3Keep the chest tall and shoulders down
Common mistakes
- Do not let the hips sag toward the floor
- Avoid shrugging the shoulders up to the ears
- Do not swing the legs to gain height
Muscles worked
The dip leg raise a padded stool supported mainly works the lower abs and hip flexors, with the triceps, upper abs, forearms, obliques, quads, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Lower ChestMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- GlutesMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.