Legs · TRX
Ring Hanging Straight Leg Hip Raise
How to do the ring hanging straight leg hip raise, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- TRX
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Hang from the TRX handles with your arms extended and shoulders set. Keeping your legs straight, raise them by flexing your hips until they reach at least hip level, then lower under control without swinging. Engage your core hard to drive the legs up cleanly.
- 1Lower abs and hip flexors working to lift the straight legs
- 2Legs rising to at least hip level under control
- 3A steady descent with no momentum
Common mistakes
- Swinging your body to get the legs up
- Letting your shoulders shrug or grip relax
- Arching your lower back as you lower
Muscles worked
The ring hanging straight leg hip raise mainly works the hip flexors and lower abs, with the forearms, upper abs, lats, obliques, and glutes assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- LatsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- GlutesSupport
- BicepsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
Kovo programs the ring hanging straight leg hip raise for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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.