German Hang
The German Hang is a ring progression and a skin-the-cat progression that prepares an athlete's shoulder flexibility for extreme ranges of motion.
- Type Of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Biceps, Chest, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
German Hang
- Set a pair of gymnastic rings well overhead.
- Grab ahold of them, pull up slightly, and tuck your knees toward your chest.
- Keep a solid grip on the rings and spin backward 360-degrees.
- Extend your legs, straighten your elbows, and hang freely from full shoulder extension.
- Turn the rings so your palms are facing backward, fully extend your hips, and retract your shoulder blades.
- Keep your chest open, hips extended, and elbows locked throughout the German hang.
- Exercise: Assisted German Hang
- Type of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Biceps, Chest, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
- Exercise: German Hang Pull (AKA Skin the Cat)
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Biceps, Chest, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
