Open Tuck Back Lever
The Open Tuck Back Lever is a back lever progression. This bodyweight exercise and ring exercise utilizes a lot of shoulder girdle strength and mobility while holding the body line with a strong core. It is also a straight arm strength exercise and should not be attempted before mastering less advanced ring strength progressions.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Lats, Biceps
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
Open Tuck Back Lever
- Begin from an inverted hang on gymnastic rings and tuck your knees toward your chest.
- Keep a solid grip on the rings and turn them so your palms are facing behind you.
- Lower backward with straight elbows and as you lower, straddle your legs apart slightly (keep your knees bent 90-degrees).
- Pull your knees up and slightly back until they are level with your hips.
- Then lower until they reach shoulder height.
- Your back should now be flat and parallel to the floor.
- Avoid squeezing your sides with your arms during the hold; to produce lift and stability, protract slightly and press down through the rings.
- Keep your hands facing backward and hold this open tuck back lever for time.
- Exercise: Tuck Back Lever
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Lats, Biceps
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
- Exercise: Half Straddle Back Lever
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Lats, Biceps, Hips
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
