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Technique

  1. Get above the rings and hold your torso parallel to the ground.
  2. Straighten your back and form a 90 degrees angle at the hips. Bend the knees.
  3. Keep the arms straight and the shoulders engaged ( Shoulder depression and Shoulder protraction).

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • Spine
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Serratus anterior

Equipment

Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Elbowflexion
trains stretches

Regressions

e09l

Rings tuck planche

Advanced
e0o9

Straps rings planche lean

Intermediate
e09m

Rings tuck planche pushup

Elite
e0bm

Straddle planche

Elite
e08y

Rings l-sit muscle-up

Elite
e17a

Bent-arm one-leg planche

Elite
e179

Bent-arm straddle planche

Elite
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