Technique
- From a hanging position, lift the body into Front lever, then into Inverted hang, Back lever and German hang.
- Then reverse the motion.
Form tips
- Keep your arms straight and your body straight the whole time.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Chest
- Rotator cuff
- Shoulders
- Triceps
Secondary
- Biceps
- Serratus anterior
Flexibility
Secondary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Biceps
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Latissimus dorsi
- Teres major
- Teres minor
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Pectoralis major (sternal head)
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
trains stretches
Regressions

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Herculean

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