Technique
- Stand with your legs close together but not touching each other.
- Lift the balls of your feet up and rotate on your heels so that your feet point to one side.
- Place your feet flat on the ground, then lift both heels up and rotate on the balls of your feet to move the heels to the side.
- Keep repeating this pattern to keep moving in one direction, then repeat for the same amount of repetitions back to the starting position.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Tibialis anterior
- Extensor digitorum longus
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Balance
Joint movements
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