Technique
- Place your fingertips on a shallow ledge of a hangboard.
- Bend your fingers to a 90-degree angle at the second joint.
- Hang with your body weight, keeping your arms straight.
Form tips
- Maintain the 90-degree knuckle bend on a small ledge.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
- Flexor digitorum profondus
- Flexor pollicis longus
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Joint movements
HandFinger flexion
trains stretches
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