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How to do it
- Lock the elbows on a pair of parallel bars and lift the feet off the floor.
- Clamp a dumbbell between the inner feet so both heads stay visible outside the ankles.
- Brace the trunk and keep the shoulders packed down, not shrugged.
- Keep the knees straight and raise both legs together until they reach about horizontal.
- Pause without swinging or letting the pelvis tuck behind the bars.
- Lower the legs under control until they hang, then reset the brace.
Common mistakes
- Kipping or swinging the torso to get the loaded legs up.
- Bending the knees so the drill becomes a weighted knee raise.
- Letting the dumbbell slip or disappear between the feet.
- Shrugging the shoulders and collapsing the lockout on the bars.
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Abs
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Good to know
- What muscles does the Weighted Parallel-Bar Straight-Leg Raise work?
- Mainly the abs.
- What equipment do you need for the Weighted Parallel-Bar Straight-Leg Raise?
- It uses dumbbells. Without it, the Reverse Crunch and the V-Up train the same muscles the same way.
- Is the Weighted Parallel-Bar Straight-Leg Raise good for beginners?
- GymVim rates it intermediate. For a beginner-rated exercise on the same muscle and movement, see the Bird Dog.