How to do the Dead Hang

The Dead Hang is a pull move. All you need is a pull-up bar at home, with no jumping and nothing that shakes the floor.

• Level 1/5
• Arms
• You need: Pull-up bar

Form cues

1. Hang with straight arms
2. Shoulders away from your ears
3. Breathe slowly

Muscles worked

Arms — Grip hard, shoulders down

More bodyweight arms exercises

Easier → harder

Climb the same move from easier to harder steps. The right step leaves you two or three reps in reserve at the end of 40 seconds.

1. Step 1 · Dead Hang
2. Step 2 · Scapular Pull-up
3. Step 3 · Negative Pull-up
4. Step 4 · Pull-up
5. Step 5 · Archer Pull-up

More moves for the same area

• Wrist PrepLevel 1/5
• Frog StandLevel 3/5
• CrowLevel 4/5

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