Captain's Chair (Ab Knee Raises) Abdominal Exercise

Muscles Worked

Lower Abdominals

How to Perform Captain's Chair (Ab Knee Raises)

1. Enter the captain's chair so that your body weight is supported on your forearms, which rest on the horizontal pads. Your feet should be up and off the floor on the foot rests.
2. Take your feet off the foot rests so that your feet are dangling in the air.
3. Begin to bring your knees slowly up toward your chest.
4. After going up as high as you can, slowly lower them to the starting position.
5. Continue the exercise without resting until you have completed the appropriate number of reps. You should be near muscle failure at the end of the set.

Precautions when doing this exercise:

1. Don't do the exercise quickly, swinging your knees up and down out of control. Slow, steady resistance is best.

Captain's Chair (Ab Knee Raises) Demonstration Video