Straddle Back Lever

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Watch Straddle Back Lever

Technique

How to perform Straddle Back Lever

1. Grasp a stable pull-up bar or pair of rings and establish a controlled hang with straight arms.
2. Tuck your legs and rotate backward into an inverted hang without bending your elbows.
3. Open your legs into a straddle and lower your straight body toward a face-down horizontal position.
4. Keep your hips and trunk aligned while maintaining active shoulder support and straight elbows.
5. Hold the straddle position under control while breathing.
6. To exit, tuck your legs and reverse the rotation through the inverted position before returning to a controlled hang.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.