Technique
- Get into a Support position on parallel bars with straight arms.
- Engage your core and pull your legs up with knees bent as high as possible toward your chest.
- Slowly lower your legs back to the starting position with control.
Form tips
- Maintain strong Shoulder depression by pushing the bars away from your ears.
- Avoid swinging your body; the movement should be slow and intentional.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Shoulderdepression
trains stretches
Progressions
Support legs raises to l-sit
Novice
Regressions
Support
Beginner
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