Activating the transverse abdominis fascia and using the scapula to take load off the shoulder joint is crucial for shoulder protection during hanging.

“now we're going to have him activate his trunk and this is a fantastic activator to basically make sure that he's getting that extension and hanging but he's not popping out his ribs and arching his back so he's gonna engage everything here in his deep transverse abdominus scoop his feet forward and now he really has to work very hard in that scapula to core stabilization”