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Isometric hold · Beginner

Dead Hang

Compound isometric hold exercise using bodyweight, pull-up bar.
Movement pattern
Isometric hold
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Bodyweight, Pull-up bar
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Multiplanar

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How to do the Dead Hang

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Wrist extensionprimary action · resisted

    Wrist flexors (prime mover, high emphasis); Wrist extensors (stabilizer, low emphasis)

  • Scapula elevationprimary action · resisted

    Trapezius (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Latissimus dorsi (synergist, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

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