How Do You Do Roman Chair Exercises?
Roman chair exercises, or hanging leg raises, are ideal for building up endurance and increasing your abdominal strength without placing undue strain on your neck and back–as sit ups and crunches do. You can do high numbers of repetitions of this exercise, which narrowly targets your abdominal area. Replace your other ab exercises with this move as you improve and develop enough stamina to do 100 or more repetitions at a time. Hang from the chin-up bar. Your arms should be a little wider than shoulder-length apart and your legs should, ideally, be dangling just above the floor. If you can reach the ground by pointing your toes, that is okay, but you need to have room to fully extend your legs without banging your feet on the ground. Raise your knees until they form a ninety degree angle. You must do this slowly or your body will start to swing back and forth, which will take the focus off your abdominal area. When your knees are in the right position, it will appear that you are sitti
