Category Archives for Ring Muscle Ups
Work on Ring Muscle Ups without Rings!
You can work on ring muscle ups without rings?!? Absolutely and all you need are a few items from around your home. Here are 3 different drills you can work to improve dip strength, pulling strength, and those pesky transitions! First, let’s gather the items we’ll need. Look around your space to find: Two sturdy […]
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20.5 CrossFit Workout: Ring Muscle Ups Have Arrived | WODprep
20.5 CrossFit is here – and we’re looking at a workout like nothing we’ve seen programmed in the Open before. Strategy is going to be key here, folks. Let’s take a look at what we’re dealing with… 20.5 CrossFit Announcement & Strategy For the full 20.5 workout standards and description, head here. CrossFit 20.5: […]
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Strict Ring Muscle Ups: The Missing Piece
The strict ring muscle up. A foundational CrossFit movement, and oftentimes a barrier to entry if you’re looking to score well in the Open. It’s one of the most complex gymnastic movements in CrossFit, but yet not always treated as such. True, in its purest form, a ring muscle up is simply a pull-up, […]
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The Ring Muscle Up Progression You’ve Never Been Taught
Let’s talk ring muscle ups. Everyone wants to be able to string them together, yet getting there safely (keyword) can take some time and discipline. We’re here to help. At WODprep, we really try to stress the importance of first learning a strict ring muscle up progression before you start stringing kipping muscle ups together. […]
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