Rope climb

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Rope climb

Back · Rope

Target muscles

Upper back

Also works

ForearmsBicepsShoulders

How to do it

  1. 1Stand facing the rope with your feet shoulder-width apart.
  2. 2Grab the rope with both hands, palms facing towards you.
  3. 3Bend your knees slightly and engage your core.
  4. 4Begin pulling yourself up the rope by alternating hand-over-hand movements.
  5. 5Use your legs to assist in the upward movement.
  6. 6Continue climbing until you reach the desired height or the top of the rope.
  7. 7To descend, reverse the hand-over-hand movement while controlling your descent.
  8. 8Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits