False Grip Bent Arm Hang
The False Grip Bent Arm Hang is used to build the wrist strength and wrist mobility needed for the false grip while increasing grip strength at the extreme angle. The false grip is essential for beyond-basic ring work, so having a false grip entry point or entry level false grip is useful to those looking to build this skill.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Lats, Biceps, Chest
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
False Grip Bent Arm Hang
- Begin standing between a pair of gymnastic rings set to head height and false grip them.
- You should now have the bottom of your palms (not your wrists), in contact with the lower, center portion of the rings and a 90-degree bend in your wrists.
- Maintain your false grips and pull into a lock-off.
- Pull your hands together, palms facing in, and keep them touching your chest as you hold the false grip lock-off for time.
- Exercise: False Grip Straight Arm Hang
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
- Exercise: False Grip Row
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
