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Hip flexors Exercises

Build stronger, more defined hip flexors with these proven exercises

57exercises found

3/4 Sit-up

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Air Bike

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Assisted Hanging Knee Raise With Throw Down

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Assisted Lying Leg Raise With Throw Down

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Band Bicycle Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Band Jack Knife Sit-up

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Cable Reverse Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Cocoons

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Crunch (hands Overhead)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Crunch (on Stability Ball, Arms Straight)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Crunch (on Stability Ball)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Crunch Floor

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Decline Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Decline Sit-up

Intermediate
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.

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Flexion Leg Sit Up (bent Knee)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Frog Crunch

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Groin Crunch

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Half Sit-up (male)

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Hanging Leg Hip Raise

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Hanging Leg Raise

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Hanging Pike

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Hanging Straight Leg Hip Raise

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Hanging Straight Leg Raise

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Hanging Straight Twisting Leg Hip Raise

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Incline Leg Hip Raise (leg Straight)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Janda Sit-up

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Knee Touch Crunch

Beginner
Abs

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.

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L-sit On Floor

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Leg Pull In Flat Bench

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Lever Seated Crunch V. 2

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Lever Seated Leg Raise Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Lying Elbow To Knee

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Lying Leg Raise Flat Bench

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Lying Leg-hip Raise

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Negative Crunch

Beginner
Abs

This stomach exercise builds core strength and control. It works by making you focus on the lowering part of the movement.

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Otis Up

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Prisoner Half Sit-up (male)

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Pull-in (on Stability Ball)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Quarter Sit-up

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Reverse Crunch

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Roller Reverse Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Seated Leg Raise

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Side Hip (on Parallel Bars)

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Side-to-side Toe Touch (male)

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Sit-up V. 2

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Sit-up With Arms On Chest

Beginner
Abs

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.

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Stability Ball Crunch (full Range Hands Behind Head)

Intermediate
Abs

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.

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Suspended Abdominal Fallout

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Suspended Reverse Crunch

Advanced
Abs

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.

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Tuck Crunch

Beginner
Abs

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.

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