[Scott Johnston]

Thanks for your great question and good luck in your FKT attempt.

Rather than lying in a supine position for your leg raises you might want to try using a slant board or a bench, one end of which is elevated 12 inches or so.  This will increase the load on the hip flexors through a range that is more specific to hiking or running.  Hanging leg raises are another way to up the ante.   While side lying leg raises like clams etc definitely target the glute meds I would try adding in single-leg Romanian Dead Lift as a more running/hiking glute med exercise.

I’ll also ask some other coaches to chime in here.

Scott