Let’s Go to the Bar!
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Toes-to-Bar: With shoulders engaged, hang from the bar. Without momentum, lift your legs up until your feet touch the bar. Slowly, lower your legs down. Start with five reps and work your way up to 20 over time. Do two to three sets.
One-Arm Toes-to-Bar: With shoulders engaged, hang from the bar. Let go of the bar with one hand. Without momentum, lift your legs up until your feet touch the bar. Slowly, lower your legs down. Start with five reps and work your way up to 20. For the next set, alternate arms.
Reverse Toes-to-Bar: If you have the right apparatus available, you can hang from your feet the bars. Make sure to have a spot the first (or every time) you attempt this ab exercise. While hanging from your feet, extend your body until you make a straight line. Raise up and touch your feet. Then extend again. Start with five reps and work your way up to 20. Do two to three sets.
Side Toes-to-Bar: With shoulders engaged, hang from the bar with your arms shoulder width apart. Without momentum, lift your legs up until your feet touch one of your hands. Slowly, lower your legs down. Lift your legs and touch your other hand. Start with five reps per side and work your way up to 20 over time. Do two to three sets.
Windshield Wipers: With shoulders engaged, hang from the bar with your arms shoulder width apart. Without momentum, lift your legs up until your feet are above your hands. Rotate at your hips and keep your legs together and straight. Rotate as far as you can to one side and then rotate to the other side. Start with five reps per side and work your way up to 20 over time. Do two to three sets.
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