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Technique

  1. Perform a pullup on Rings while in an L-sit.
  2. At the top, slide your body horizontally toward one hand.
  3. Straighten the other arm fully, then slide to the other side.

Form tips

  • Keep your legs perfectly horizontal throughout the lateral slide.
Logging: Each repetition involves working both sides.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Chest
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
  • Rotator cuff
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Hip adductors
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)

Equipment

Appears in

Progressions

e024

Bar typewriter pullup

Elite
e08f

Rings archer pullup

Elite

Regressions

e09n

Rings typewriter pullup

Advanced
e099

Rings typewriter

Advanced
e11u

Wide rings pullup

Advanced
e11s

Hinge row

Novice
e0qa

One-leg 360 pull

Elite
e06i

L-sit pullup

Advanced
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