Legs · Bodyweight
Leg Straight Incline Leg Hip Raise
How to do the leg straight incline leg hip raise, 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
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie back on a decline bench set to an incline, gripping the bench behind your head for support. Keep your legs straight and raise them by flexing at the hips, then continue lifting your hips off the pad. Lower under control without letting the legs drop.
- 1Lower abs and hip flexors lifting your straight legs
- 2A curl of the hips off the bench at the top
- 3Slow, controlled lowering against gravity
Common mistakes
- Swinging or bouncing the legs up with momentum
- Bending the knees to shorten the lever
- Arching the lower back off the bench
Muscles worked
The leg straight incline leg hip raise mainly works the hip flexors and lower abs, with the upper abs, obliques, and quads assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- GlutesMinor
Kovo programs the leg straight incline leg hip raise for you and tracks it every session.
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More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.