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Strap Ring Support Swing

The Strap Ring Support Swing adds motion to basic ring support holds, calling for more muscle control through the swing. It is a basic ring drill that will make way for more advanced bodyweight exercises on rings.

  • Type Of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Biceps, Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Gymnastic Rings, LARS Straps

Strap Ring Support Swing

  1. Set a pair of gymnastic rings to at least shoulder height.
  2. Be sure you have a set of leverage assisted ring strength straps (LARS straps) attached.
  3. Slip your arms through the straps, fix them around the thickest part of your forearm, and grab ahold of the rings. Hop up to a top support above the rings.
  4. Straighten your elbows and turn the rings out past parallel.
  5. Achieve a completely vertical body line.
  6. Strongly press your elbows forward, lean on the straps, and then begin to swing your body forward and backward.
  7. As you swing, keep your body as tight as possible and press your elbows forward to maintain pressure on the straps.
  8. There should be daylight between your torso and arms between every forward and backward ring swing.
  9. Repeat for reps.
  • Exercise: Strap Ring Support
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Biceps, Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Gymnastic Rings, LARS Straps
  • Exercise: Parallette Support
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Biceps, Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Equipment: Parallettes, Plyometric Box