{"id":57165,"date":"2018-12-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/blog\/uncategorized\/bar-hang-core-strength-body-control\/"},"modified":"2018-12-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T23:00:00","slug":"bar-hang-core-strength-body-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/blog\/learn\/bar-hang-core-strength-body-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Perform The Bar Hang For Increased Core Strength And Body Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">WHAT<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The Bar Hang is a<strong> simple whole-body isometric strength exercise<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">As well as engaging the core, it will build the necessary stability and strength in the shoulders, arms and back for compound pulling exercises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">HOW<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Jump up and grab a high bar with a shoulder-width overhand grip<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Still the body, and engage the legs, glutes, and core \u2013 forming a dish. shape with the body. Keep the arms straight and squeeze the shoulder blades together for stability.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Start with a 5s hold, building up to 30s as strength and control improve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">WHY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Hanging movements result in <strong>reflex stabilisation of the shoulder joint<\/strong>, which will contribute to a healthy, injury-free shoulder. People rarely train the overhead arm position expertly, so this exercise is unique in the way it builds both strength and range of motion.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Any pulling exercise, from TRX rows to pull-ups to muscle ups, require high levels of shoulder joint stability for efficiency and control of movement. As such, the bar hang is an important skill-based exercise that should be performed regularly to maintain a healthy shoulder function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bar hang\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/194352319?h=38ed41587f&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER EXERCISES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/tutorial-hanging-knee-lift\/\">TUTORIAL: HANGING KNEE LIFT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/tutorial-barbell-front-squat\/\">TUTORIAL: BARBELL FRONT SQUAT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT The Bar Hang is a simple whole-body isometric strength exercise. As well as engaging the core, it will build&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":57166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Tutorial: How to Perform The Bar Hang | EVO Fitness","_seopress_titles_desc":"The bar hang is a simple isometric exercise that increases your core strength and body control for a better exercise performance.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[137,171,226,251,705,1918],"class_list":["post-57165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn","tag-bodyweight","tag-tutorial","tag-core-strength","tag-mobility","tag-shoulder-strength","tag-bar-hang"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evofitness.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}