Parallel bars straddle cut off

Muscles worked: Shoulders, Upper arms, Abs, Hip flexors
ShouldersUpper armsAbsHip flexors
🔧 Parallel bars ↕ both 🔁 reps Difficulty:

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

How to perform

From a support on the bars, swing the legs forward and straddle them wide, releasing one hand so the leg passes over the bar. Land beside the bars in a controlled half squat and come to a stand.

Muscles Worked

Anterior DeltoidTricepsIliopsoasRectus Abdominis

Tips

Straddle wide so the legs clear the bar. Keep the chest up throughout. Absorb the landing with bent knees.

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