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Technique

  1. Get into a Rings support with straight arms.
  2. Engage your Abs and lift your straight legs to horizontal.
  3. Hold the L-sit position while keeping your shoulders depressed.

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Form tips

  • Squeeze the rings into your body to minimize shaking.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Chest

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Hip adductors
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique

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Equipment

Rings
Rings

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Shoulderdepression
trains stretches

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Progressions

e0a0

RTO l-sit

Advanced
e0ud

V-sit

Advanced
e0ug

Rings v-sit

Advanced
e0o7

RTO half straddle-sit

Intermediate
e0a4

RTO straddle-sit

Advanced
e0hu

Single bar L-sit

Intermediate
e06a

L-sit

Intermediate
e0bj

Straddle l-sit

Intermediate
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