Elite Rings
The other day, I ordered a new piece of equipment, a pair of Elite Rings. They arrived today, two days after I ordered them. Each ring comes with a strap, about 20 feet long, with a slip-proof buckle.
After I unboxed the rings, I set them up in my doorway, hanging from a Door Gym pullup bar. Then, I attempted an L sit, although I’m still not solid enough in that exercise to execute it perfectly. I have been practicing that skill on parallel bars and between chairs. I had no idea how much more difficult it is on rings.
I also attempted a few dips on the rings, thinking that, since I can do 15 or 20 in a row on parallel bars, they’d be a little more difficult on rings. Wow. What a difference. I can do two dips on the rings. When you do weight bearing exercises like that, the rings move around infinitely and you have to call into bearing more of your stabilizer muscles.
I should have bought these a year ago. After trying a few dips and L sits, I set up my camera and got a couple of shots. The tricky part about self-photography while doing an exercise like this is setting the timer, racing back over to the rings, and getting into position before the camera goes off.
The fruits of my photographic labor:
- Apollo Does a Dip
- Apollo’s Half-Assed L Sit (5th attempt to get a picture).
Yeah, I smacked my elbows into the doorway a lot. I need to find a nice location with a much higher anchor point.
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