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.

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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.

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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.

But be careful what you wish for when you give the hanging knee to elbow runner a try, says Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S.

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