Leg Tuck

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About

This core exercise targets your lower abs and hip flexors.

How to Leg Tuck

Starting Position

Sit with your hands next to your hips and lift your legs lightly.

Proper Form

1. Pull your knees towards your chest.

2. Straighten your legs and repeat.

Breathing Technique

Exhale when pulling, and inhale when spreading.

Precautions

Keep your waist from rounding.

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About

How to Leg Tuck

Starting Position

Proper Form

Breathing Technique

Precautions

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Leg Tuck

About

How to Leg Tuck

Starting Position

Proper Form

Breathing Technique

Precautions

From the Community

Leg Tuck Related Reading

Time under tension does matter — just not the way you think

Sets per workout is the only training variable that reliably predicts muscle growth.

Squat vs. leg press: the muscle gains are the same when volume matches, per a 2025 RCT of 70 women

Mechanical tension is the primary driver of muscle growth — and 5 peer-reviewed reviews in Sports Med explain exactly why

10 sets per muscle group per week is probably enough — here's the number that actually matters.

Cardio before or after weights: why the order depends on your goal

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