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Toes to bar
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Abs, Hip flexors.
Secondary: Lats, Forearms.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Tær til stang
- Swedish Tår till stång
- Danish Tæer til stang
- German Toes to Bar
- Spanish Pies a la barra
- Italian Punte alla sbarra
- Portuguese Pés na barra
- Russian Носки к перекладине
- French Orteils à la barre
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