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
- Set a pair of gymnastic rings to at least shoulder height.
- Be sure you have a set of leverage assisted ring strength straps (LARS straps) attached.
- 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.
- Straighten your elbows and turn the rings out past parallel.
- Achieve a completely vertical body line.
- Strongly press your elbows forward, lean on the straps, and then begin to swing your body forward and backward.
- As you swing, keep your body as tight as possible and press your elbows forward to maintain pressure on the straps.
- There should be daylight between your torso and arms between every forward and backward ring swing.
- 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
