Technique
- Hang from Rings or a Pullup bar and tuck your legs in.
- Continue lifting your knees up until your can lightly touch your arms with them, before extending your legs again with control.
Form tips
- Avoid closing your shoulders: aim to keep them as open as possible, to keep the focus on your Abs instead of your back.
- A slight bend at the elbows is fine.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Rhomboid major
- Middle trapezius
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Teres major
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
Tuck front lever
Intermediate
Hanging tuck circle
Intermediate
Regressions
Hanging knees to chest
Novice
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