Hanging Leg Raise or Ab Wheel Rollout
How-To Guide & Brutal Variations

Pick your poison — both destroy lower abs and test grip. No mercy after 40.

[Back to 6-Day PPL Program →]
Choose ONESetsRepsNo Weights YetEasier / Beat-UpSpartan Mode
Hanging Leg Raise or Ab Wheel Rollout38–12Plank WalkoutsKneeling ShortStanding + Pause

Hanging Leg Raise – Primary Instructions

  1. 0) Hang from pull-up bar, shoulders packed.
  2. 1) Tilt pelvis up, raise legs to 90° (or higher).
  3. 2) Lower slowly — 4-sec eccentric.

Ab Wheel Rollout – Primary Instructions

  1. 0) Kneel, grip wheel, core braced.
  2. 1) Roll forward until full extension.
  3. 2) Pull back with abs — no hip sag.

If too hard right now: Kneeling rollouts or bent-knee leg raises.

Spartan Mode: Full standing rollout or weighted hanging leg raise.

Pro Tip: Breathe out on the raise/roll — that’s where the abs fire hardest → Ab Wheel

[Shop Recommended Gear →]
Get All 6 Printable Workout Sheets + Tracker – $17 →