Technique
- From a Straight-arm hang position, open your legs wide; the wider they open, the easier the exercise will become.
- Engage your scapulas ( Shoulder depression and Shoulder retraction) and pull your body upward.
- Go through the Straddle front lever position and keep going until the Inverted hang position, then reverse the motion.
Form tips
- Keep your legs in the same plane as your torso: do not bend at the hips (this would decrease the stimulus).
- Keep your arms straight.
- Keep your back straight.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Chest
- Serratus anterior
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
Straddle front lever row
Elite
Half layout front lever raise
Elite
Regressions
Straddle front lever
Advanced
Advanced tuck front lever raise
Advanced
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