Technique
- Hang from your arms and tuck your legs close to your chest.
- Pull your upper body to a horizontal position, while keeping the arms fully straight.
Form tips
- The upper body should be horizontal.
- Keep your arms fully straight.
- 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
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
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Advanced tuck front lever
Advanced
Tuck front lever row
Advanced
Tuck front lever raise
Advanced
Dip back lever
Advanced
Regressions
Decline row
Intermediate
Scapular pull
Novice
Tuck skin-the-cat
Intermediate
Hanging knees to elbows
Intermediate
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