Core · Bodyweight
Low Plank Leg Raise
How to do the low plank leg raise, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Hold a low forearm plank with your elbows under your shoulders and your body in a straight line. Keeping your hips level, lift one leg a few inches off the floor, pause, then lower it and alternate sides without rotating your torso.
- 1Glutes and hamstrings firing as you lift each leg
- 2Core staying braced and hips level throughout
- 3Forearms and front delts holding a stable plank
Common mistakes
- Letting your lower back arch or hips twist as you lift
- Shrugging your shoulders or dropping your head
- Holding your breath instead of breathing steadily
Muscles worked
The low plank leg raise mainly works the lower abs and hip flexors, with the upper abs, glutes, forearms, obliques, hamstrings, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- QuadsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.