How to Start a Kip Swing from a Dead Hang
Video by Travis Ewart
Sometimes you don’t have the advantage of the perfect height pull-up bar. You know the one – where you can hang and kip without your toes touching but you don’t have to jump too far to get there. When forced to use a bar that isn’t within easy jumping reach, some resort to shimmying over onto the bar from a box or the j-hook on the upright. But that not only takes time and could be hazardous to the clumsy athlete, but it also puts you in an awkward position for starting your kip since you are unable to use the bar mount like you’re used to.
Kip Swing Tip
In this video, Invictus Gymnastics Coach, Travis Ewart, shares tips on how to start from a dead hang into any kipping gymnastics movement including the Pull-Up, Bar Muscle-Up (BMU), and Toes-to-Bar (T2B) so you can get right into your reps instead of wasting time and energy getting your swing on rhythm.
Gymnastics Drills
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