Battle Rope Snakes
- Take a battle rope in each hand, then bring your hands together. Keep the ropes around core height.
- Keep a slight bend in your knees and keep your core braced.
- In one motion, forcefully swing the ropes to the left while keeping your legs braced and knees slightly bent.
- Reverse the motion, bringing the ropes to the right.
- Continue swinging the ropes side to side while maintaining a tight and braced stance.
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Battle rope snakes is a gym exercise that targets abs and biceps and shoulders and triceps and also works calves and hamstrings and lower back and quadriceps and upper back & lower traps. Use the illustration and instructions above to learn how to perform this exercise with proper form. Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Gymnastic ring dips, standing cross-body crunches and trx suspension straps saw pikes. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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