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Technique

  1. Avoid arching your back as much as possible.
  2. Avoid letting your elbows flare out to the sides: they should stay relatively close to the centerline.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Forearms
  • Neck
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae

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Equipment

Rings
Rings

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Appears in

Joint movements
Elbowextension
Shoulderflexion upwardflexion backward
trains stretches

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Progressions

e08v

Rings handstand pushup

Herculean

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Regressions

e04e

Handstand pushup

Elite
e09i

Rings strap handstand

Advanced
e0ru

Straddle 90-degree pushup

Elite
e02j

Chest roll press-to-handstand

Elite
e08t

Rings handstand

Elite
e04y

Headstand pushup

Advanced
e028

Bent-arm pike press-to-handstand

Advanced
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