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Hanging knee raise with a twist

A isolation exercise for the obliques and abs, with help from the forearms, lats. Equipment: pull-up bar.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Hang from a bar, legs together.
  2. Raise the knees up and toward one elbow
  3. Lower without swinging and switch sides

Muscles worked

Hanging knee raise with a twist: 3D figure mid-rep with the obliques and abs highlighted

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