JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker · Aired Oct 22, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
Performing hanging foot-to-bar moves improves an individual's deadlift, clean and press, and chin-up strength.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Joe repeats that strict hanging toes-to-bar improves the deadlift, clean and press, chin-ups and everything. The linked core-training review reports mixed transfer to performance and difficulty isolating effects. It does not test this single exercise across those lifts. We did not establish direct evidence for that universal transfer, and lack of such evidence is not proof the exercise cannot help.
Read the supporting source · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that Performing hanging foot-to-bar moves improves an individual's deadlift, clean and press, and chin-up strength?
We can't say yet. Joe repeats that strict hanging toes-to-bar improves the deadlift, clean and press, chin-ups and everything. The linked core-training review reports mixed transfer to performance and difficulty isolating effects. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker, aired Oct 22, 2026, at 1:26:58. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, linked below.
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