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# Standing side leg toe hold
> Novice · Static · Unilateral. Strength, flexibility, balance
Also known as: Utthita Hasta Padangustasana B, Extended Hand To Big Toe Pose.
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Static |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Stacy |
| **Video length** | 43 s |
## Technique
1. From Standing front leg toe hold, swing the extended leg to the side, keeping the leg as straight as possible, and slowly shifting the gaze in the opposite direction once you’ve found your balance.
2. Come back to the starting position before lowering the leg.
## Form tips
* Try to coordinate breath with movement, and only move the head once you’ve found balance: exhale as you swing the leg to the side to help you stabilize through the standing leg.
* Try to feel the action of the hip for this movement - opening the hip as the leg swing out to the side, closing the hip as you bring it back to center.
* Use a wall for balance as needed until you are able to balance without assistance.
**Logging:** Work each side for the time indicated.
## Muscles
Flexibility
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Hip adductors
* Flexor digitorum brevis
* Flexor digitorum longus
* Flexor hallucis longus
* Flexor hallucis brevis
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
Intermediate
Novice
Intermediate
Novice
Intermediate
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/standing-side-leg-toe-hold-e0w5). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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