Technique
- Hang on your arms and pull your body to bring it to a horizontal position, while keeping your arms completely straight.
Form tips
- The body should be horizontal, with the shoulders, hips, knees and feet on the same line.
- Keep your arms fully straight.
- Do not let your upper back round.
- Engage your scapulas: try to retract your shoulders, so that they end up in a neutral position.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Forearms
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Teres minor
- Teres major
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Lower trapezius
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
- Pectoralis minor
Equipment
Appears in
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