Build stronger, more defined hip flexors with these proven exercises
The 3/4 sit-up is a bodyweight exercise for your stomach muscles. You curl your upper body up about halfway. This uses your abs and lower back to make your core strong.
The air bike is a bodyweight workout that strengthens your stomach and hip muscles. You lie on your back and move your legs like you are pedaling a bicycle, while touching your elbows to your opposite knees to work your core.
This is a hard exercise for your tummy and hips. You hang from a bar, pull your knees up, and then push your legs down very fast. It takes a lot of strength and control to do it right.
This exercise works your tummy muscles, hips, and thighs. You lie on your back and lift your straight legs up. Then, you lower them very fast—like a throw—and lift them up again. People often do this with a partner helping them.
This exercise works your tummy muscles and the sides of your waist. Using a stretchy band makes it harder, so your body has to stay very strong and steady to keep you balanced.
The band jack knife sit-up is a tummy exercise that uses a stretchy band to make the workout harder. It works your stomach muscles and hips. To do it, you lift your legs and your upper body up at the exact same time while holding the band. You need a strong core and good balance to do this.
The cable reverse crunch is a stomach exercise that uses a cable machine to make the standard reverse crunch harder. It mainly works your abdominal muscles and also uses your hip muscles.
This is a tummy exercise that uses your own body weight. It focuses on strengthening your stomach muscles, while also working your hips and lower back. You will curl your upper body up from the floor to a halfway position while keeping your core tight.
In this version of the crunch, you keep your arms reaching straight out past your head. This makes your body longer, which makes your tummy muscles work much harder than usual.
This exercise works your stomach muscles and hips using a stability ball. Because the ball is unsteady, your body has to work harder to keep you balanced.
This exercise works your stomach muscles and hip muscles. Because the ball wiggles, you have to work harder to balance than you would on the floor. This helps make your core very strong.
The floor crunch is a well-known exercise for your tummy. You do it while lying on your back. It makes your abs stronger and you do not need any special tools.
This is a tummy exercise done on a bench that slants down. You lie with your head lower than your legs and curl your upper body up to work your abs.
The decline sit-up is a tummy exercise you do on a slanted bench. Because you are lying head-down, gravity makes it harder to sit up. It works your abs, hips, and lower back.
This is a bodyweight exercise for your stomach muscles. You curl your upper body up while bringing your knees to your chest at the same time. It works your abs and hip muscles.
The frog crunch is an abdominal exercise using your own body weight. It works your stomach muscles and helps strengthen your hips. You do it by lying on your back, keeping your feet close together with knees bent, and curling your upper body upward.
The groin crunch is a bodyweight workout that helps strengthen your tummy muscles. It also works on the front of your hips and your inner thighs. To do it, you lie on your back and pull your knees up to your chest while using your tummy muscles to lift.
This bodyweight exercise works your stomach muscles. You lift your upper body halfway up from the floor, mostly using your abs and a little bit of your hips.
This is a simple exercise where you use your own body weight to make your tummy muscles strong. You hang from a high bar and lift your legs up. This works your middle section and the front of your hips.
This exercise uses your own body weight to make your tummy and hip muscles stronger. You hang from a bar and lift your legs up in front of you while keeping your stomach tight.
The hanging pike is a hard tummy exercise. You hang from a pull-up bar and lift your straight legs up until your body looks like the letter 'V'. It works your stomach muscles and the front of your hips.
This is a hard workout that makes your tummy and hip muscles strong. You need a strong grip and a strong stomach to do it safely while holding onto a bar.
This is a tough stomach exercise. You hang from a bar and lift your legs straight up in front of you. It works your tummy muscles and the front of your hips.
This is a tough tummy exercise for strong muscles. You hang from a bar and lift your straight legs up high. Then, you turn your hips to the side to work your whole middle.
This exercise works your stomach muscles and hips while you lie on a slanted bench. You lift your straight legs up in the air to build strength in your middle.
This is a tough tummy exercise that targets your abs while keeping your hips relaxed. It takes strong muscles and careful control to do it the right way.
This is a bodyweight exercise that strengthens your stomach and hip muscles. To do it, you sit up slightly and reach one hand across your body to touch the opposite knee.
The L-sit on the floor is a tough core workout that strengthens your stomach and hip muscles. It takes a lot of strength and balance to lift your body with your arms while holding your legs straight out in the air.
This is an exercise for your tummy muscles that you do while sitting on a bench. You use your own body weight to work your abs, hips, and lower back. To do it, you pull your knees up to your chest. You must use your muscles to stay steady and balanced.
This exercise uses a lever machine to make your tummy muscles stronger. It works your abs and also helps the muscles in your sides and hips. You sit on the machine and curl your body forward against the weight to build a strong core.
This exercise is done on a machine to strengthen your tummy muscles and hips. You lift your legs and curl your upper body forward at the same time to give your core a hard workout.
This is a tummy exercise you do on the floor without any weights. It works your abs and helps with your balance. You lie on your back and take turns bringing your elbow toward the opposite knee.
This is a tummy exercise you do on a flat bench. It uses your own body weight to work your stomach muscles and the front of your hips. You lie down flat, lift your straight legs up to the ceiling, and then slowly lower them back down.
This is a tummy exercise you do on the floor using your own body weight. It works your stomach muscles and hips. To do it, you lift your legs and hips up while keeping your tummy tight, then slowly lower them back down.
This stomach exercise builds core strength and control. It works by making you focus on the lowering part of the movement.
This is a workout for your stomach muscles that uses extra weight. It also helps make your hips and lower back stronger. You lie down and curl your upper body forward, which uses your core strength.
The prisoner half sit-up is a bodyweight workout that strengthens your tummy muscles. You lie on your back with your hands behind your head. Then, you curl your upper body up halfway before lowering it back down.
This exercise works your tummy muscles and hips. You need good balance to do it. You keep your body steady on the ball while you bring your knees up to your chest.
The quarter sit-up is a tummy exercise. You lie on your back and lift your upper body partway up, about halfway to a full sit-up. This helps strengthen your stomach muscles without pulling on your hips.
The reverse crunch is an exercise that uses your own body weight to strengthen your stomach muscles, specifically the lower abs. You perform it by lifting your hips up and pulling your knees toward your chest.
This exercise strengthens your stomach muscles by making them work harder to hold a roller between your feet. It builds a strong core and helps your hip muscles too.
This is a stomach exercise performed while sitting on a bench. It works your abs and the front of your hips. You must lift your legs while keeping them straight, which takes core strength and balance.
This is a tough core exercise done on parallel bars. You hold your body up with your arms and lift your straight legs to the side. It works your stomach muscles and hips.
This is a simple bodyweight exercise that strengthens your stomach and side muscles. You bend sideways at the waist to reach toward your feet one at a time. This helps your core work better and improves your flexibility.
This bodyweight exercise works your stomach muscles and hips. To do it, lie down, lift your upper body halfway up, and then slowly lower yourself back down.
This exercise strengthens your stomach muscles and hips. You perform it by lying down, holding your arms across your chest, and sitting up toward your knees.
This exercise is a tummy workout done on a big, bouncy ball. It works your stomach muscles and also uses your hip muscles a little bit. You need to balance carefully on the ball while you curl your body up and down completely.
This is a tough stomach exercise using hanging straps. It works your tummy muscles and helps your hips and sides get stronger. You need to be very strong and steady to lean your body forward and pull yourself back up without wobbling.
This is a tough core workout done while hanging from a bar. You lift your knees and curl your hips toward your chest to strengthen your stomach muscles and the front of your hips.
The tuck crunch is a tummy exercise you do on the floor. It works your abs and hip muscles. To do it, you curl your upper body up while bringing your knees to your chest at the same time.
The twisted leg raise is a bodyweight workout for your tummy muscles. It focuses on the sides of your waist and the front of your hips. You lift your legs and twist your hips to work your core from different directions.
This exercise strengthens your tummy and side muscles. You lie on your back, lift your legs, and twist your hips to make your core muscles work harder.
This exercise works your tummy muscles and hips. You balance on your bottom to make a V-shape with your body. It takes balance and strength to hold this position correctly.
This is a tummy exercise done on parallel bars. You hold yourself up by your arms and lift your straight legs out in front of you. This strengthens your stomach muscles and hips.
This is a tummy exercise done on a slanted bench while using extra weight. It works your abs, hips, and lower back. Because of the slant and the added weight, this move is harder than a normal sit-up and needs strong core muscles.
This is a hard exercise for your tummy muscles. It also works your hips and lower back. You hang from a high bar and lift your straight legs with weights on them to make your core strong.
This exercise works your stomach muscles, especially the sides, and helps your hips. You sit with your feet up and hold a weight. Then, you twist your body from side to side. Keeping your legs up makes it harder to balance.
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