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Technique

  1. Grab a ring or a bar with one hand and walk your feet to the side until your arm is perpendicular to the floor.
  2. Engage your Abs to create a straight line from head to feet.
  3. Keep the other arm close to your body.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Spine
  • Glutes
  • Forearms

Secondary

  • Neck
  • Abs
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Lower trapezius
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Quadratus lumborum
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis
  • Gluteus medius
  • Gluteus minimus
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor pollicis longus

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Shoulderretraction
trains stretches

Progressions

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One-arm hang

Intermediate
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Side plank

Beginner
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One-arm assisted false grip

Intermediate
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Single towel hang

Novice
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Parallettes one-foot support L-sit

Beginner
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Active hang

Beginner
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