Technique
- Hang from your arms and open your legs wide; the wider they open, the easier the exercise will become.
- Pull your upper body to a horizontal position, while keeping the arms fully straight.
Form tips
- The body should be horizontal, with the shoulders, hips and legs on the same line.
- Keep your arms fully straight.
- Do not let your upper back round.
- Engage your scapulas: try to retract your shoulders, so that they end up in a neutral position.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Forearms
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Teres minor
- Teres major
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Lower trapezius
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
- Pectoralis minor
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Half layout front lever
Elite
Straddle front lever row
Elite
Straddle front lever raise
Elite
Regressions
Advanced tuck front lever
Advanced
Ice-cream maker
Advanced
Half-straddle front lever
Advanced
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