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Technique

  1. Place a Barbell on the ground, with a plate attached on each side.
  2. Start from a Pike position with your hands on the Barbell.
  3. Slowly slide forward until your body is parallel to the ground, but still in a slightly Hollow body position.
  4. Pull yourself back up to the starting position.

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Form tips

  • Keep the Abs engaged at all times, with a posterior Pelvic tilt.
  • Keep the arms and legs straight.
Risks
  • This can put a lot of strain on your shoulders. Progress slowly to this level of difficulty.
  • Do not let your back arch.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major

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Equipment

Barbell
Barbell

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Shoulderextension forward
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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One-arm ab rollout

Herculean
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Ab rollout pushup

Elite
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Ab wheel rollout

Elite

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Regressions

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Rings rollout

Advanced
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Straddle rings rollout

Advanced

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Variations

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Rings rollout

Advanced
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Ab wheel rollout

Elite
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Knees ab wheel rollout

Advanced
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Straddle ab wheel rollout

Advanced
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Incline rings rollout

Advanced
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Fingertip lalanne pushup

Elite
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Knees rings rollout

Intermediate
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