Toes to Bar Exercise (How NOT to Work Your Abs)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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Todd
I appreciate the demonstration of technique and addressing the toes to bar challenge. I don't agree with a lot things spoken in the comments. Every exercise has different benefits based on how you do them. The only wrong way is the one that will get you injured.
To me, I don't want to exclusively condemn strict form or functional. Is a -cheat free clean- a deadlift to upright row to reverse grip curl? Should we initiate the entire kinetic chain to make a preacher curl more functional? For a challenge like this, I bet a lot of marketing went into the rule set. Strict for 100 would be too hard for most and I don't think it would initiate a metabolic response if it were 20 strict toes to bar. For the before and after pictures you want to see the abs so a more cardio based toes to bar would help that. Plus all these challenges are in the triple digits( 100 pushups challenge, 100 squats challenge, etc. It adds to appeal of a challenge; the big 1 double O.
As far as I know a kipped toe to bar should not injure you any more the if you did it strict. Anyone heard anything else?
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I appreciate the demonstration of technique and addressing the toes to bar challenge. I don't agree with a lot things spoken in the comments. Every exercise has different benefits based on how you do them. The only wrong way is the one that will get you injured.
To me, I don't want to exclusively condemn strict form or functional. Is a -cheat free clean- a deadlift to upright row to reverse grip curl? Should we initiate the entire kinetic chain to make a preacher curl more functional? For a challenge like this, I bet a lot of marketing went into the rule set. Strict for 100 would be too hard for most and I don't think it would initiate a metabolic response if it were 20 strict toes to bar. For the before and after pictures you want to see the abs so a more cardio based toes to bar would help that. Plus all these challenges are in the triple digits( 100 pushups challenge, 100 squats challenge, etc. It adds to appeal of a challenge; the big 1 double O.
As far as I know a kipped toe to bar should not injure you any more the if you did it strict. Anyone heard anything else?
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Kalle
I've got a good challenge for you: Go up with your toes to the bar and stabilize. Do a full circle down to the right and up to the left and stabilize again. From here, raise your body up towards the sky, you should be in a straight line along the y-axis with your hips above the bar, stabilize here and go down to the toes at bar-position. From here, do a full circle in the other direction, down left and up right, and stabilize at the top. Do another rep of reaching with your feet towards the sky, then go down to the starting position. That's one rep of the challenge. Please try it and tell me how it feels! :)
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I've got a good challenge for you: Go up with your toes to the bar and stabilize. Do a full circle down to the right and up to the left and stabilize again. From here, raise your body up towards the sky, you should be in a straight line along the y-axis with your hips above the bar, stabilize here and go down to the toes at bar-position. From here, do a full circle in the other direction, down left and up right, and stabilize at the top. Do another rep of reaching with your feet towards the sky, then go down to the starting position. That's one rep of the challenge. Please try it and tell me how it feels! :)
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Gar
Hah there are alot of people throwing dirt on crossfit in these video comments. I have been an athlete my whole life and competed at the division 1 level in big east conference now I do crossfit because I love to
Compete. Now I have specific programming that is strength training for crossfit and I'm pretty sure the guys on my team and my gym would mop the floors with most of the people hating on crossfit in the comments. If u want to prove it reply to this post and well set up a challenge that we can film and post for -Jeff- to judge. Let me know.
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Hah there are alot of people throwing dirt on crossfit in these video comments. I have been an athlete my whole life and competed at the division 1 level in big east conference now I do crossfit because I love to
Compete. Now I have specific programming that is strength training for crossfit and I'm pretty sure the guys on my team and my gym would mop the floors with most of the people hating on crossfit in the comments. If u want to prove it reply to this post and well set up a challenge that we can film and post for -Jeff- to judge. Let me know.
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Remedy
Crossfitters can do both strict and kip with no problem. Kipping is a faster and more efficient way of completing the reps. If a workout required strict toes to bar there would be no doubt any crossfitter could handle it. Why don't you go take a crossfit class and do a wod strict and see how you do Mr. Know it all. It's easier to hit 10 reps of some curls and take a 5 minute water break, change your music and then hit another 10 reps. You talk shit because your weak ass couldn't hang.
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Crossfitters can do both strict and kip with no problem. Kipping is a faster and more efficient way of completing the reps. If a workout required strict toes to bar there would be no doubt any crossfitter could handle it. Why don't you go take a crossfit class and do a wod strict and see how you do Mr. Know it all. It's easier to hit 10 reps of some curls and take a 5 minute water break, change your music and then hit another 10 reps. You talk shit because your weak ass couldn't hang.
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Jesse
YES crossfit DOES make the exercises easier. A crossfitter is generally NOT stronger than a regular strength trainer who performs pull ups without kips etc. But with more efficiency, the reps are done quicker and utilize more muscles, making exercises like this more cardio oriented. It all depends on what results you want. Any crossfitter would beat this guys ass in a timed mile or pretty much any other cardio exercise.
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YES crossfit DOES make the exercises easier. A crossfitter is generally NOT stronger than a regular strength trainer who performs pull ups without kips etc. But with more efficiency, the reps are done quicker and utilize more muscles, making exercises like this more cardio oriented. It all depends on what results you want. Any crossfitter would beat this guys ass in a timed mile or pretty much any other cardio exercise.
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David
10, with proper technique, but hanging at the elbows with straps instead of hands on bar. Will see if I can get more with my knees bent as much as in the video.
This is my favorite exercise in the gym, as I couldn't even do one when I first got back into fitness.
Fun addition can be to go for maximum fatigue by doing knees to chest after you can't get your toes all the way up to the bar anymore in a set.
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10, with proper technique, but hanging at the elbows with straps instead of hands on bar. Will see if I can get more with my knees bent as much as in the video.
This is my favorite exercise in the gym, as I couldn't even do one when I first got back into fitness.
Fun addition can be to go for maximum fatigue by doing knees to chest after you can't get your toes all the way up to the bar anymore in a set.
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1221gmac
Great video. I had a question about doing superset variations of just pull ups and push ups (wide, close, regular, ect) is it better to superset wide grip pull ups with wide stance pushups or is it better to do close grip pull ups then super set with wide stance push ups, or does it really matter. I normally superset like this: wide push/pull then close push/pull then regular push/pull. and so on. Any advice?
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Great video. I had a question about doing superset variations of just pull ups and push ups (wide, close, regular, ect) is it better to superset wide grip pull ups with wide stance pushups or is it better to do close grip pull ups then super set with wide stance push ups, or does it really matter. I normally superset like this: wide push/pull then close push/pull then regular push/pull. and so on. Any advice?
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Abid
Hi Athlean-X I read from a naprapath, chiropractioner, nutritionost and a personal trainer who says that ab exercises which enforces the legs to raise up and flex the hips are supppsedly not good for you lower back and it overdevelops and only make your hips work.
Whats your thoughts on that? Thank you.
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Hi Athlean-X I read from a naprapath, chiropractioner, nutritionost and a personal trainer who says that ab exercises which enforces the legs to raise up and flex the hips are supppsedly not good for you lower back and it overdevelops and only make your hips work.
Whats your thoughts on that? Thank you.
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Jose
Crossfit and any other type of functional fitness (calisthenics )is the future of fitness, not bodybuilding or muscle isolation, for instance I don't train like a bodybuilder because I'm not a bodybuilder nor want to look like one, but I respect and applaud any kind of fitness to live a healthy lifestyle
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Crossfit and any other type of functional fitness (calisthenics )is the future of fitness, not bodybuilding or muscle isolation, for instance I don't train like a bodybuilder because I'm not a bodybuilder nor want to look like one, but I respect and applaud any kind of fitness to live a healthy lifestyle
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Bj-rn
hey jeff, i was wondering if you could give us a few tutorials for some of the basic calisthenic moves like the muscle up, the front lever or the back lever and tell us what you think about those kind of bodyweight workout methods, especially all that stuff that involves bars.
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hey jeff, i was wondering if you could give us a few tutorials for some of the basic calisthenic moves like the muscle up, the front lever or the back lever and tell us what you think about those kind of bodyweight workout methods, especially all that stuff that involves bars.
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