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Mobility Β· Upper body

Tuck front lever

Difficulty Mobility

How to perform it

Hang below the bar in a horizontal position with knees bent (tucked). A key pulling isometric – builds toward the front lever. Differs from the dead hang by the torso angle (horizontal) and active lat work.

Equipment

  • Pull-up bar / Doorway pull-up bar / Wall-mounted pull-up bar / Gymnastic ringsBodyweight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Forearm flexors
  • Lats
  • Mid and lower traps
  • Rear delts
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Rhomboids (not on the surface map)

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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