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Rope climb
Back · Rope
Target muscles
Upper back
Also works
ForearmsBicepsShoulders
How to do it
- 1Stand facing the rope with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- 2Grab the rope with both hands, palms facing towards you.
- 3Bend your knees slightly and engage your core.
- 4Begin pulling yourself up the rope by alternating hand-over-hand movements.
- 5Use your legs to assist in the upward movement.
- 6Continue climbing until you reach the desired height or the top of the rope.
- 7To descend, reverse the hand-over-hand movement while controlling your descent.
- 8Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits