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Abdominal straps are exercise equipment used for hanging leg raises. They are made of nylon or a similar material and come in pairs with metal clips for attachment. It is important to keep the abdominal muscles flexed during exercise for maximum effect.
Abdominal straps are pieces of exercise equipment that someone can use if they are interested in exercising their abdominal muscles. Ab straps come in different materials, but are usually nylon or a nylon-like material formed into a loop, with enough room to go through the entire arm. They come in pairs, one for each arm. A metal clip is attached to the material, so that the ab straps can be attached to a power rack or any horizontal bar on which the metal clips can be attached securely.
Hanging leg raises are the primary use for abdominal straps. To start this exercise, one has to put their arms into the abdominal straps so that the bottom of the strap is past the elbow. After passing the arms through the straps, the athlete should raise the forearm at a right angle as if to flex the biceps muscle. If the horizontal bar above the person’s head is also horizontal, a box or some type of reliable, stationary platform can be used so that when the legs are perfectly straight they have something to rest on.
Leg raises can be done in two basic ways. The first way is to bring the legs, which are not bent at the knee, forward so that they form a right angle or are as close as possible to the trunk of the person’s body. Once the legs are as high up as possible without bending at the knee, they can be slowly returned to their original position so that the body is perfectly straight. The other form of basic leg raises is very similar. When the body is perfectly straight and suspended from the straps, the person draws the knees to the chest, like a cannonball from a springboard. When performing this type of leg raise, it’s important to keep your feet pointing down as your thighs are brought in toward your chest.
When doing abdominal strap exercises or any other abdominal exercise, it is important to keep the abdominal muscles flexed during the exercise to maximize the effort exerted by the abdominal muscles. It is also important not only to drop the legs back to their original position during the “negative” portion of the lift, but to lower them slowly while keeping the abdominal muscles contracted, to once again obtain the maximum effect of the lift.
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