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Technique

  1. Place the rings at about chest height.
  2. Stand right under the rings, rotate your arms back and bend your legs, to place some weight on your hands.
  3. Flip forward into a Tuck inverted hang.
  4. Return with control to the starting position.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Forearms
Flexibility

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor pollicis longus

Equipment

Appears in

Flexibility
Joint movements

Progressions

e03x

German hang

Novice

Regressions

e0ay

Standing german hang

Beginner
e0cn

Tuck inverted hang

Beginner
e066

Kneeling german hang

Beginner
e14g

Band-assisted rings dip

Intermediate
e08l

Rings dip

Intermediate
e14f

Weighted rings dip

Advanced
w00g

Dip back lever

Advanced
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