Ring Muscle-Up Progressions: Scaling for Every Athlete | CrossFit Coaching

The ring muscle-up is one of CrossFit's most challenging movements — but with the right progressions, almost any athlete can build toward it. In this coaching session from a CrossFit course, watch how to break down the muscle-up into teachable pieces and scale it effectively for athletes at different skill levels. Key coaching points covered: - Setting ring height correctly (top of ring at armpit when standing) - The three-part transition drill: false grip setup, pull to sternum, rotate through - Multiple scaling options: feet on floor, box transitions, high box jumping muscle-ups, and full kipping muscle-ups - Common faults: jumping down instead of driving chest up, under-rotating at the top, over-relying on leg drive - The coaching principle: use your legs only as much as you need to get the muscular load - How to progress athletes through scaling options based on their current ability - Effective cues: "keep your knees bent through the transition," "make your belly button face down," "jump your chest up to the sky." Great muscle-up coaching isn't about forcing everyone to go RX — it's about finding the right challenge point where athletes build strength and skill without compensating. Slow is fast. Intentional is effective. #muscleup #ringmuscleup #crossfit #crossfitcoaching — CrossFit is the world’s leading platform for improving health and performance. In the 20 years since its founding, CrossFit has grown from a garage gym in Santa Cruz, California, into the world’s most effective program for improving health and performance through nutrition and exercise. CrossFit is the world’s leading provider of accredited performance-based training courses and certifications and has more than 125,000 credentialed coaches across the world. The program can be modified to welcome people of all ages and abilities and millions of people have already experienced CrossFit’s transformational benefits in more than 13,000 affiliated gyms across 158 countries. CrossFit also directs the CrossFit Games season, beginning with the annual CrossFit Open, through which athletes at every level compete worldwide, and culminating in the CrossFit Games, where top athletes compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®. Learn more about CrossFit → https://www.crossfit.com/what-is-crossfit/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit Find a CrossFit gym near you → https://www.crossfit.com/map?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit Find CrossFit Courses near you → https://www.crossfit.com/courses-near-you?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit View CrossFit workouts → https://www.crossfit.com/workout?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit Subscribe to CrossFit email newsletters → https://www.crossfit.com/newsletters/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=crossfit Learn more about the CrossFit Games → https://cf.games/games-learn-more