For functional fitness
For functional fitness, the two are close. Hanging leg raise rates slightly higher: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in.
Toes-to-bar carries over more directly to functional fitness.
Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Hanging Leg Raise. Grip and trunk control for toes-to-bar.
For your abs, hanging leg raise rates well ahead on our research criteria: more stretch, easier to progress.
For functional fitness, the two are close. Hanging leg raise rates slightly higher: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in. Toes-to-bar carries over more directly to functional fitness. Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
Hanging leg raise is easier: it takes some practice, while toes-to-bar needs coaching.
Hanging leg raise needs a pull-up bar, so a home gym covers it. Toes-to-bar needs a pull-up bar, so a home gym covers it.
Hanging leg raise: it rates Good for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for toes-to-bar.