Who climbs often, should think about a compensation training. Otherwise, injuries and bad posture threaten. Christoph Völker from target10a introduces Butterfly today to the rings.
A guest post by Christoph Völker from target10a.com
For the butterfly exercise, set the rings at about hip height. Then you grab the rings and step back about a meter. For the starting position, you lean on the rings with your arms stretched out and your body stretched out. From this position you try to slowly move your hands outwards and lower your body between the rings. When your chest is lowered to about the level of your hands, reverse the movement back up. Always concentrate on the chest muscles. Look for a good one body tension and on slightly bent arms to protect the elbows.
So you vary the difficulty of the butterfly
The difficulty of exercise can be strongly influenced by the ring height and the distance between the heels and the rings:
- lower rings -> the exercise becomes more difficult
- the heels further away from the perpendicular of the rings -> the exercise becomes more difficult
- the more horizontal the body in the starting position, the harder the exercise
- the more your arms are bent, the easier the exercise will be
Execution - this is how it works
Try two to three sets of eight to twelve repetitions each. In between, you take a two-minute break.