Single Arm Hanging Toes to Bar

Perform a single arm hanging toes to bar to engage your core and improve grip strength.

  1. Hang from a pull-up bar with one arm extended and the other arm resting at your side.
  2. Engage your core and lift your legs towards the bar, aiming to touch your toes to the bar.
  3. Lower your legs back down with control and repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Single Arm Hanging Toes to Bar

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Single Arm Hanging Toes to Bar using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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