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Technique

  1. Hang from a bar or rings.
  2. Lift your legs straight up so that they become parallel with the ground.
  3. Perform a pullup while keeping your legs parallel with the ground.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Chest
  • Serratus anterior
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major

Equipment

Appears in

Progressions

e0dl

Wide L-sit pullup

Advanced

Regressions

e06b

L-sit active hang

Novice
e085

Pullup

Intermediate
e0hv

Neutral grip pullup

Intermediate
e0hw

Chinup

Intermediate
e119

Tuck pullup

Intermediate
e11t

Rings pullup

Intermediate
e0g7

Tuck front lever raise

Advanced
e05r

L-sit ice-cream maker

Elite
e0ja

Hanging knees to elbows

Intermediate
e126

Band-assisted partial one-arm chinup

Advanced
e1ai

Weighted chinup

Intermediate
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