Technique
- Start from standing and fold forward to place the hands on the Parallettes
- Lift the feet and lower your hips into a L-sit with control
- Push down to raise your hips again into a floating forward fold
Form tips
- Keep your knees locked straight throughout.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Shoulders
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Abs
- Obliques
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
Straight-arm pike press-to-handstand
Elite
Regressions
Standing pike stand push
Intermediate
Sliding pike pull-through
Intermediate
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