Parallel bars kip

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

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How to perform

Hang below the bars and swing the legs forward, bringing the hips toward the hands. As the swing changes direction, snap the legs forward and down and push the bars away to rise into a straight-arm support.

Muscles Worked

Rectus AbdominisIliopsoasAnterior DeltoidTriceps

Tips

The kick and the push must happen together. Keep the arms straight through the kip. Practise the timing on low bars first.

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