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Also known as: Star toe touch situp.

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Technique

  1. Lie on the ground, facing up, with your arms and legs open.
  2. Lift one leg and the opposite arm straight up and crunch to touch the foot with your hand.
  3. Return to the starting position and repeat on the other side.
Logging: Each repetition involves working both sides.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Spine

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Neck
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexionrotation
Hipflexion
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