# Toes to Bar

> A strict hanging core exercise where you raise straight legs until your toes touch the bar.

Page: https://fitnessie.app/exercises/toes-to-bar/
Type: Bodyweight · Core
Demo video: https://fitnessie.app/demos/toes-to-bar/56d4b938a027554e.mp4

## How to do it

1. Hang from the bar with your hands slightly wider than your shoulders and your toes pointed.
2. Push into the bar with straight arms and lean back slightly.
3. Raise your legs together, as straight as you can, until your toes touch the bar.
4. Lower along the same path without swinging.

## Key cues

- Active hang
- Arms straight, push into the bar
- Legs together
- Toes to the bar
- No kick, stay tight

## Common mistakes

- Kicking or swinging to get the legs up
- Bending your knees to shorten the lift
- Stopping short of the bar
- Letting your shoulders sag up toward your ears

## Muscles worked

- Primary: Abs and hip flexors

## Equipment

Pull-up bar.

## References

- [BarBend: Toes-to-Bar](https://barbend.com/toes-to-bar/)
- [CrossFit: The Strict Toes-to-Bar](https://www.crossfit.com/essentials/the-strict-toes-to-bar)