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Also known as: False grip dead hang.

Technique

  1. Hang from rings while keeping a False grip position.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Forearms

Secondary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Chest
  • Flexor carpi radialis
  • Flexor carpi ulnaris
  • Palmaris longus
  • Abductor pollicis longus
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor pollicis longus

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Wristflexion
trains stretches

Progressions

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False grip pullup

Intermediate

Regressions

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False grip hanging plank

Novice
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False grip bent-arm hang

Novice
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Rings support

Novice
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Pike inverted hang

Novice
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One-arm assisted false grip

Intermediate
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Hanging external rotation

Beginner
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