Toes to bar

Muscles worked: Hip flexors, Abs, Back
Hip flexorsAbsBack
🔧 pull up bar 🔁 reps Difficulty:

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

Technique

How to perform

Hang from a pull-up bar with a shoulder-width overhand grip. Engage your core and swing legs back slightly. Lift legs, aiming to touch the bar with your toes. Maintain control, avoid excessive swinging. Lower legs slowly. Repeat.

Muscles Worked

IliopsoasExternal ObliquesInternal ObliquesForearms (510): Flexors

Tips

Secure grip. Engage your core. Avoid momentum. If needed, raise knees instead of toes. Exhale on lift, inhale on lower. Keep shoulders engaged.

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