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Also known as: Horizontal hang.

Technique

  1. This is the bottom position of the Horizontal row.
  2. Arms are straight and the body forms a straight line from shoulders to feet.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back

Secondary

  • Forearms
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Lower trapezius
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor pollicis longus

Equipment

Appears in

Strength
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Shoulderretraction
trains stretches

Progressions

e05b

Shoulder row

Novice
e04v

Hanging prone plank

Novice
e01a

Active hang

Beginner
e02u

Straight-arm hang

Beginner
e05l

Incline row

Beginner
e0zg

Floor W hold

Beginner
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