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Pick any exercise from the full library while a workout is running, not just the ones in its split. The new exercise's plan is seeded from the most recent log of that exercise, else the library's authored Defaults line, else a plain 3x10. Adds a searchable two-section picker sheet and a **Defaults:** bullet to all 47 library reference pages. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HJDQQDA9QdP8zByg43H5v3
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Leg Raises
Lower-ab builder — the slow lowering is the exercise.
- Category: Main circuit
- Type: Anti-extension (dynamic)
- Targets: Lower rectus abdominis, hip flexors, deep core
- Prescription: 3 × 8–15 reps, slow negatives
- Defaults: 3 × 8 bodyweight
Setup
Lying: flat on your back, legs straight, hands at your sides (or under the tailbone to start). Hanging: dead hang from a bar, shoulders packed.
Execution
- Press the lower back into the floor and brace.
- Raise the legs to vertical without bending the knees more than slightly.
- Lower slowly — 3 seconds or more — stopping before the lower back arches off the floor.
Cues
- Lower back flat against the floor on lying versions, always.
- The negative is the rep: lower slower than you lift.
- Exhale on the way down to keep the ribs from flaring.
Common Mistakes
- Lower back arching off the floor near the bottom.
- Dropping the legs instead of lowering them.
- Using momentum (swinging) on hanging versions.
Progression
Bent-knee lying raise → straight-leg lying raise → hanging knee raise → hanging straight-leg raise → toes-to-bar