Tuck Front Lever Raise
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The easiest of the front lever raise progression positions, the tuck front lever raise is still pretty challenging. Rather than holding a static position like the tuck front lever, it works your muscles through a large range of motion. It's a great tool for building the strength needed to transfer between some of the more advanced progression positions.
The Basics
The tuck front lever raise is primarily used as a strength exercise. It is more generally classified as a upper pull movement. Since it involves significant activation of multiple muscle groups, it is considered a compound exercise.
Form
Set Up
- Grasp the bar with an overhand grip about shoulder width apart
- Tuck your legs to your chest
- Keeping your arms straight, engage your back muscle by bringing your shoulder blades down and slightly back
- Your chest should be pulled up
Execution
- Think about leaning back
- Raise your body, keeping your legs tucked to your chest and your arms straight
- As you near the top, stop the rep just before losing tension
- Lower yourself back down under control
Common Mistakes
Dead Hang
Going all the way down to a dead hang at the bottom causes you to lose tension and have to reset between each rep. Be sure to stop short of a dead hang where you still have all your back muscles engaged.
Bending Your Arms
Bending your arms makes the exercise significantly easier and is not considered proper form.
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Progression Performance Standards
As part of the Fitness Score System, many exercises have performance standards that are used in calculating your score in a particular component of physical fitness. Progression exercises often don't have individual performance standards as they are primarily used to modify the difficulty of the full move. To see progression standards for the Base Exercise, click the link for it in the Related Exercise section.
