Isolated Hanging Leg Raises

What You'll Need
A bar from which to hang, and the desire to spread the wealth to both sides of your core, equally. To help out, you might want to grab a couple of arm straps

Why You Should Be Doing This Exercise
Ever wonder what side of your core was really pulling the slacker side up when doing hanging leg raises? No? Well, regardless, we've got the solution. This exercise will force each side of your core to pull its own weight, as you'll be raising one leg, while keeping the other elevated. You in?

Start
Grab onto the bar, hands shoulder width apart, or throw your arms in some arm straps so that your body is now off of the floor. Make sure your body has no momentum and is completely straight. Can you smell the forthcoming isolation?!

Middle
Start by keeping one leg in line with the rest of your body and raising the other one forward without bending it. At the top one leg will be perpendicular to the floor and the other will be parallel so that your legs are in the shape of a right angle. Feel like your back in geometry class? Ahhh the glory days.

Finish
Please take your time on your way down, for your back’s sake. Yeah, it'll be tough, but life is tough. Focus on slowly lowering the top leg, while keeping the other perpendicular. When back to a straight position, alternate by raising the other leg.

Key Don'ts
Sloppy. That's the one thing they'll never say about you when doing iso's. Because you'll always lower the raised leg slowly, you'll never swing your body to make this easier, and your upper body will remain quiet while doing this. Right?