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Dynamic Core · Advanced

Hanging Windshield Wiper

Compound dynamic core exercise using bodyweight, pull-up bar.
Movement pattern
Dynamic Core
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Bodyweight, Pull-up bar
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Alternating
Main plane
Multiplanar

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How to do the Hanging Windshield Wiper

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.

  • Spine rotationprimary action

    External oblique (prime mover, high emphasis); Internal oblique (prime mover, high emphasis); Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, high emphasis)

  • Hip flexionprimary action

    Iliopsoas (prime mover, high emphasis); Rectus femoris (synergist, high emphasis); Tensor fascia lata (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder extensionsecondary action

    Latissimus dorsi (synergist, moderate emphasis); Teres major (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Wrist extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Wrist flexors (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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