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Mobility Β· Upper body
Dead hang
Difficulty Mobility
How to perform it
Passive hang from the bar with loose shoulder blades and relaxed shoulders. Targets grip, spinal decompression and a lat stretch. Differs from the active hang in relaxation β the shoulder blades aren't actively pulled down, shoulders sit "by your ears".
Equipment
- Pull-up bar / Doorway pull-up bar / Wall-mounted pull-up bar / Gymnastic ringsBodyweight
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- Forearm flexors
- Lats
- Mid and lower traps
- Rear delts
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Bar hangs
Exercise family Β· pattern: Mobility
1 family Β· 9 variationsDifficulty
- Dead hangCurrently viewing
- Active hang
- Scapular pull-up
- Tuck hang
- Bent-arm hang
- Rope hang
- Towel hang
- L-sit hang
- One-arm hang
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