Technique
- Hang from the rings with your feet on the ground and your body horizontal, just above the ground.
- Pull yourself up while driving your elbows out to the sides.
- Lower yourself back to the starting position with control.
Form tips
- Keep your core tight and your body straight: there should be a straight line from your feet to your shoulders.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Biceps
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Teres minor
- Teres major
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Infraspinatus
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
- Lower trapezius
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Archer row
Intermediate
Regressions
Horizontal row
Novice
Pronated grip horizontal row
Novice
Supinated grip horizontal row
Novice
Rings horizontal row
Novice
Variations
Horizontal row
Novice
Pronated grip horizontal row
Novice
Supinated grip horizontal row
Novice
Rings horizontal row
Novice
Weighted horizontal row
Intermediate
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Neutral grip pullup
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Incline one-arm row
Intermediate
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