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Technique

  1. Stand upright with your feet firmly planted on the ground.
  2. Press the big toe hard into the floor and elevate the four smaller toes at the same time

Form tips

  • Do not lift the base of the big toe

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Legs
  • Extensor digitorum longus
  • Extensor digitorum brevis
  • Extensor hallucis brevis
  • Extensor hallucis longus

Equipment

Appears in

Strength
Joint movements
trains stretches
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Standing big toe extension

Novice
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Standing toes to heels

Novice
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Standing ankle circles

Beginner
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Heel walk

Beginner
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Downward dog to Upward dog

Novice
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