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Also known as: Shoulder stand on bars.

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Technique

  1. Sit on top of the bars and bend forward to get your shoulders on the bars.
  2. Lift your hips up, and lift your legs into a straight body (straight but not vertical: it should be leaning back at an angle).

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Forearms
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

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Equipment

Dip station
Dip station
Parallel bars
Parallel bars

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Appears in

Balance
Joint movements
Shoulderflexion upward
trains stretches

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Progressions

e098

Rings shoulder stand

Advanced
e00e

Forearm stand

Intermediate
e18k

Shoulder-Pressing Pose with heel hook

Intermediate
e18j

Assisted Shoulder-Pressing Pose with forward lean

Intermediate
e18i

Assisted Shoulder-Pressing Pose with heel hook

Intermediate
e051

Tripod headstand to crow pose

Intermediate
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