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Technique

  1. Get into a RTO plank position.
  2. Bend one arm to let your body go down, while pushing the other arm straight out to the side and keeping both rings turned out the entire time.
  3. Push back up to the starting position, then repeat on the other side.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Serratus anterior

Equipment

Appears in

Progressions

e058

Horizontal chest ring flys

Elite

Regressions

e08g

Rings archer pushup

Advanced
e0a3

RTO pushup

Advanced
e09r

Rings wide pushup

Intermediate
e09p

Rings wide dip

Advanced
e0du

Incline RTO pushup

Intermediate
e097

Rings pushup

Intermediate
e0sh

Sliding archer pushup

Intermediate
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