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Technique

  1. Hang from the rings with your feet on the ground and your body horizontal, just above the ground.
  2. Pull one ring towards your armpit while pushing the other arm fully straight forward (aligned with your body).
  3. Come back to the starting position with control and repeat on the other side.

Form tips

  • Avoid twisting your body towards the pulling side.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Rotator cuff
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Teres minor
  • Teres major
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Middle trapezius
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Rhomboid major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Lower trapezius

Equipment

Appears in

Progressions

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Straddle one-arm row

Advanced

Regressions

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Archer row

Intermediate
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False grip row

Intermediate
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Rings typewriter

Advanced
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Rings horizontal row

Novice
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Dip back lever

Advanced
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Incline one-arm row

Intermediate
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