L Sit on Parallel Bar. How-to, proper form and tips
The exercise requires strong shoulders, abs and triceps.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from 'L sit on parallel bars bodyweight exercise madbarz exercises'
by Bodyweight-Workouts)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Stand on parallel bars raising your feet off the ground.
- Keep your arms straight and shoulders pressed down, your ears away from the shoulders.
- Straighten your legs keeping them close together, touching each other.
- Raise both legs until parallel to the ground.
- Count the seconds you can hold them straight and horizontal.
Hints & tips:
- Start with a tuck position, or lower than horizontal.
- Practice between two chairs if you don't have access to parallel bars.
Benefits:
- Strong core, shoulders, triceps.
- Nice calisthenics exercise, demanding yet doable with practice.
Counting & gamification:
- Count the seconds you can hold, accumulating in a period (session, day, week).
- Set an accumulated goal for a workout session, say 30 seconds, and do the necessary repetitions to reach that goal.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Muscles: Full body
Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps, Abs, Lats, Hip Flexor, Quads
Secondary muscles: Obliques, Lowerback, Hamstring
