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Also known as: Eagle claw, Open and close hand.

Technique

  1. Make a proper fist with thumb over your fingers
  2. Slowly, joint by joint, open your hand while maintaining isometric tension
  3. From fully outstretched hand reverse the motion, keeping slowness and tension through the whole movement

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Forearms
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor pollicis longus
  • Extensor digitorum

Equipment

Appears in

Strength
Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

e0tq

Wall fingertip pushup

Beginner
e12w

Parallettes two-feet support L-sit

Beginner
e181

Finger pulses

Beginner
e0az

Standing german hang to tuck Inverted hang

Beginner
e05b

Shoulder row

Novice
e15k

Plate pinching

Beginner
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