Core · Bodyweight
Ring Isometric Hold Reverse Ab Rollout
How to do the ring isometric hold reverse ab rollout, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Grip a pair of rings and extend your body into a forward-leaning plank with arms reaching out ahead of you. Hold this extended position with the rings stable, fighting to keep your hips from sagging, for the prescribed time.
- 1Feel your entire core brace hard to hold the extended position
- 2Keep the rings steady and your body in one straight line
- 3Press the shoulders down and away to stay supported
Common mistakes
- Avoid letting your hips sag toward the floor
- Do not let the rings drift or wobble out of control
- Avoid holding your breath; breathe steadily through the hold
Muscles worked
The ring isometric hold reverse ab rollout mainly works the lower abs and upper abs, with the lats, obliques, triceps, forearms, lower back, glutes, front delts, and hip flexors assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- LatsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- TricepsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- BicepsMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.