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How to Do Side Leg Raises

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the side leg raises.

How to do it

1. Stand next to a chair, which you may hold onto as a support. Stand on one leg. This will be your starting position.
2. Keeping your leg straight, raise it as far out to the side as possible, and swing it back down, allowing it to cross the opposite leg.
3. Repeat this swinging motion 5-10 times, increasing the range of motion as you do so.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.