Technique
- Place your fingertips on a medium-sized ledge of a hangboard.
- Form a half-crimp finger position (second knuckle bent 90 degrees).
- Hang with your full body weight for the required duration.
Form tips
- Keep your fingers at a strict 90-degree angle.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
- Flexor digitorum profondus
- Flexor pollicis longus
Equipment
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Strength
Joint movements
HandFinger flexion
trains stretches
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