False Grip Pull-Up
The False Grip Pull-Up is used to build the wrist strength and 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 moving through a pull-up without slipping your grip is a great drill.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
False Grip Pull-Up
![False Grip Pull-Up 1 False Grip Pull-Up Beginning](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/13-False_Grip_PU-1.jpg)
![False Grip Pull-Up 2 False Grip Pull-Up End](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/13-False_Grip_PU-2.jpg)
![False Grip Pull-Up 3 False Grip Pull-Up](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/False-Grip-Pull-Up.jpg)
- Begin from a dead hand on gymnastic rings with a proper false grip.
- Perform a pull-up, touching your hands to your chest while maintaining the false grip.
- Lower down back to a straight arm hang and check that you still have a 90-degree wrist bend. Repeat for reps.
![False Grip Pull-Up 4 False Grip Row](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/alt-FG-rows.jpg)
- Exercise: False Grip Row
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
![False Grip Pull-Up 5 Standing Muscle-Up](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/alt-standing-MU.jpg)
- Exercise: Standing Muscle-Up
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Forearms, Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Triceps, Chest
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings