How to Do the Smith Machine Hip Raise
💪 Abdominals🏋️ Machine📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Position a bench in the rack and load the bar to an appropriate weight. Lie down on the bench, placing the bottom of your feet against the bar. Unlock the bar and extend your legs. You may need to use your hands to assist you. For added stability grasp the sides of the Smith Machine. This will be your starting position.
- Initiate the movement by rotating your pelvis, flexing your spine to raise your hips off of the bench. Maintain a slight bend in the knees throughout the motion.
- After a brief pause, return the hips to the bench.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Smith Machine Hip Raise primarily targets your Abdominals. You'll need machine.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Smith Machine Hip Raise slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.