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Technique

  1. Start in a rings support position (above the rings, straight-arms).
  2. Push your body forward and backward, trying to lift it up on each side.
  3. Keep your body straight.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Chest

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Rotator cuff
  • Triceps
  • Biceps
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Teres minor
  • Teres major
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Middle trapezius
  • Rhomboid major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)

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Equipment

Rings
Rings

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Appears in

Joint movements
Shoulderdepression
trains stretches

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Regressions

e0a5

RTO support

Intermediate
e08l

Rings dip

Intermediate
e12o

Pelican curl eccentric

Intermediate
e01u

Assisted rings muscle-up

Intermediate
e14g

Band-assisted rings dip

Intermediate
e14f

Weighted rings dip

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