Pseudo-Maltese Training on Gymnastic Rings

Hey guys, here's an exercise to try that will help strengthen up your chest and shoulders for the maltese position on rings, as well as for the backward roll on rings.

The hands are right by my hips, palms facing down. My arms are slightly bent and I'm pressing them tight into my body (against my flexed lats) as I press towards the ground to hold the position.

Give these a go! And of course, check out more at http://www.beastskills.com/

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[anway1800]

ya really do need to straighten your arms

[BeastSkills]

Thanks Bart Conner. That's why I labeled it a pseudo-maltese.

[Daltonator87]

@BeastSkills I actually have read and heard from a former gymnast that doing these type exercises with bent arms really stunts one's progress. So I think it might be better to keep straight arms and do whatever it takes with the bent legs or doing a tuck planche in order to make it easy enough to actually work the muscles that are needed for this exercise. Then again, I'm just an aspiring part-time gymnast trainee with minimal formal coaching.

[BeastSkills]

@Daltonator87 Thanks for the advice! I can see how that would be more specific, and possibly more useful for training this skill.

[jukcoder]

@rishibasss

easy! Very easy when said

[Wangtang6911]

Holy shit, are those rings made out of steel hahaha?!

[beratio]

Nice static hold on the maltese ! :)

[shisaman]

does it still work. if you have bent arms.

[southoreast]

Are you sure about that dude?

[rishibasss]

straighten your arms.. everybody can do it you way!

[rherbe2]

Thanks for your article and instruction on reverse muscle-ups. After reading your Jack Arnow interview I became interested in this unique skill but I couldn't find a video on it. While your pictures were helpful along with another guy on Youtube who did a sort of half reverse muscle up, I couldn't find a top to bottom video representation of this skill. So with you and Jacks help, I made my own. Thanks again from your Newark NJ bar brother.

[Marquito76r]

you make it look too easy.....thanks...beastskills rocks!!