Safety tips to keep in mind Maintaining the proper form and grip is important. If you have improper form and you’re hanging from the bar, you can exert stress on your elbows and shoulders.

Bliss – stock.adobe.com Experts recommend investing in a moveable or semi-permanent, at-home pull-up bar or rings to make the hanging exercise as accessible as possible, as often as possible.

This exercise is basically the same as a pull-up, except it is done with a machine that you can find in most weight rooms. Simply sit under a hanging bar attached to a stack of weights and pull ...

De Melo seconds that. “It’s important to utilize a box or similar object to reach the hanging bar safely,” he says. Once you are able to hang, start with as little as five seconds at a time.

And I try to hold the position until it’s time to steep a tea bag in the hot water. When I first began hanging about six months ago, 90 seconds would have felt like a marathon.

Fitness enthusiasts will often use hanging bar exercises like the dead hang to help stretch and strengthen the upper body.