battling ropes
battling ropes — highlighted muscle: delts

Muscles worked

delts, forearms, core

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battling ropes

Body part
shoulders
Equipment
rope
Target muscle
delts
Muscle group
forearms

Secondary muscles

How to perform it

  1. 1

    Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent.

  2. 2

    Hold one end of the rope in each hand, with your palms facing each other.

  3. 3

    Raise your arms to shoulder height, keeping your elbows slightly bent.

  4. 4

    Begin making alternating waves with the ropes by rapidly raising and lowering each arm.

  5. 5

    Continue for the desired duration or number of repetitions.

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