Exercises / Skin the cat
Skin the cat GIF
Figure
Male figure; the female figure follows.
Muscles
Background
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Get it in this lookWorked muscles
- ShouldersMusculus deltoideus
- Front shouldersMusculus deltoideus, pars clavicularis
- Rotator cuffMusculi rotatores humeri
- LatsMusculus latissimus dorsi
- Teres majorMusculus teres major
- Equipment
- rings
- Level
- intermediate
- Loop
- One repetition, 2.63 seconds
Get this animation
Part of the Chest and shoulders pack: male figure (the female figure follows), GIF, WebP and MP4 at 480 and 720 px, commercial license.
From the API
GET one exercise
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How to do a skin the cat
- Hang from the rings with straight arms.
- Tuck your knees and lift your hips, rolling backward through your arms.
- Keep rotating until your feet pass under and behind you.
- Lower slowly into the German hang stretch position.
- Reverse the movement and roll back to the start.
Form tips
- Move slowly, especially in the last portion of the roll.
- Only lower as deep as your shoulders comfortably allow.
- Keep your arms straight throughout.
