My ab training wasn't cutting it. Could a month-long challenge to do one of the toughest moves in the gym transform my core?

Bored of crunches and sit-ups, or fancy taking your floor-based leg raises up a notch ... For this move, you’ll need a pull-up bar. If you can’t reach the bar, place a step underneath to ...

In this video I explain how to not swing when doing pull ups, leg raises and any other hanging exercises on a bar. The secret ...

I did 90 hanging leg raises every day for a week ... Stand underneath a pull-up bar and grip slightly wider than shoulder-width apart Wrap your thumbs around the bar and fully extend your arms ...

Until I started using the Ultimate Body Press Elevated XL Doorway Pull-Up Bar, I didn’t fully grasp ... which opens up all sorts of leg lifts, butt flexes, and amateur trapeze chorus-line ...

Enter the easy-to-install pull ... hang using an overhand grip, then engage your core to slowly raise your legs up toward waist height until they are pointed straight ahead. If leg raises feel ...

While hanging leg raises are commonly done while *literally hanging* from a pull-up bar, you can also complete ... hanging leg raise like normal when using a captain’s chair–it just decreases ...

Using this reverse grip ... perform 4 sets of 6 to 8 reps of hanging knee raises with legs bent at a 90-degree angle and an overhand grip on the pull-up bar. Avoid swinging by controlling ...

Despite its simplicity, a horizontal bar is probably the single best ... No problem – do wide- and short-grip pull-ups. Bulging biceps? – bust out some chin-ups. Six-pack abs? – leg raises and ...

This specific pull-up bar stand was built to the Army’s required dimensions for the Combat Fitness Test’s leg tuck exercise ... that have no interest in using it for heavy lifting.

Workout challenges can be dumb, especially ones that involve your abs. Yet, we can't get enough of them, especially this close to beach body season. To help me get back on track with my workout ...