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Mobility · Lower body
L-sit hang
Difficulty Mobility
How to perform it
Hang from a pull-up bar with straight legs raised to 90° (L position). Targets grip, abs and hip flexors. Differs from the tuck hang by the straight legs – much more demanding on the core and hamstrings.
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
- Rectus abdominis
- Rectus femoris
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Bar hangs
Exercise family · pattern: Mobility
1 family · 9 variationsDifficulty
- Dead hang
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- Scapular pull-up
- Tuck hang
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Difficulty describes how demanding the execution is. It is not a recommended training order.