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Ring Foundations Progression

8 steps · Rings · skill 5/10

Own the rings: build a stable support, then open the shoulders through the inversion line that every ring skill is built on.

Before this progression: Pull-up Parallel Bar Dip

This is a tip: you can start anyway.

1

Ring Support Hold

Difficulty 1

Straight-arm support on the rings with locked elbows and shoulders pushed down.

Next you can try: Rings Muscle Up

2

Skin the Cat

Difficulty 2

Roll backwards through the arms to an inverted hang behind the rings, then reverse.

3

German Hang

Difficulty 3

Hang below and behind the rings with the arms extended behind the back.

4

Bird's Nest

Difficulty 4

From a german hang, hook the feet in the rings and arch the body forward.

5

Inverted Hang

Difficulty 4

Hold the body inverted with straight arms and the rings beside the hips.

6

Ring Dislocate

Difficulty 5

Turn over between the hands, rotating the rings out as the shoulders pass through.

7

Turned-Out Support Hold

Difficulty 6

Support hold with the rings rotated out and the palms facing forward.

Next you can try: Iron Cross

8

Ring Shoulder Stand

Difficulty 7

Balance vertically on the shoulders and hands above the rings.

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