Toe Touchers
A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the abs, needing no equipment.
Starting position
End position
How to Do Toe Touchers
- To begin, lie down on the floor or an exercise mat with your back pressed against the floor. Your arms should be lying across your sides with the palms facing down.
- Your legs should be touching each other. Slowly elevate your legs up in the air until they are almost perpendicular to the floor with a slight bend at the knees. Your feet should be parallel to the floor.
- Move your arms so that they are fully extended at a 45 degree angle from the floor. This is the starting position.
- While keeping your lower back pressed against the floor, slowly lift your torso and use your hands to try and touch your toes. Remember to exhale while perform this part of the exercise.
- Slowly begin to lower your torso and arms back down to the starting position while inhaling. Remember to keep your arms straight out pointing towards your toes.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles Worked
Alternatives to Toe Touchers
7 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.
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1
Overhead Stretch
A beginner compound mobility exercise that works the abs.
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2
Seated Overhead Stretch
A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the abs.
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3
Standing Lateral Stretch
A beginner mobility exercise that works the abs.
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4
Torso Rotation
A beginner mobility exercise that works the abs, using an exercise ball.
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5
Lower Back Curl
A beginner mobility exercise that works the abs, needing no equipment.
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6
Scissor Kick
A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the abs, needing no equipment.
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7
Stomach Vacuum
A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the abs, needing no equipment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What muscles do toe touchers work?
Toe Touchers primarily works the abs.
What equipment do I need for toe touchers?
None. Toe Touchers is a bodyweight movement you can do anywhere you have floor space.
Toe Touchers: is it suitable for beginners?
Yes. Toe Touchers is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.
What can I do instead of toe touchers?
Overhead Stretch, Seated Overhead Stretch, Standing Lateral Stretch train the same primary muscles and are listed with 4 more alternatives above.
How do I log toe touchers in Fitnit?
As time held rather than reps. Fitnit records the seconds and credits them to the abs on your body map, so you can see which muscles you train hard and never stretch.
Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.
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