Technique
- Start in a Straddle front lever position, hanging from rings or from a bar.
- While keeping your back parallel to the ground, pull on your arms and drive your elbows back to lift yourself up as high as possible.
- Come back to the starting position with control.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Biceps
- Forearms
Secondary
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Teres minor
- Teres major
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
- Lower trapezius
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
Hang to front lever row
Herculean
Front lever row
Herculean
Regressions
Advanced tuck front lever row
Advanced
Straddle front lever
Advanced
Straddle front lever raise
Elite
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