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Also known as: Heel touch.

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Technique

  1. Lie on the floor with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor.
  2. Contract your Abs to lift your head, torso, and arms off the floor.
  3. Continuing to stay off the floor, bend sideways to reach your heels with your hands alternately.

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Form tips

  • Look up to not bend your neck
Logging: Each repetition involves working both sides.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Spine

Secondary

  • Neck
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Quadratus lumborum
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis

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Equipment

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

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