Toe Touch

Technique

Lie on your back with your legs extended straight up toward the ceiling. Reach your hands up toward your toes, lifting your shoulder blades off the floor by contracting your upper abs. Lower back down with control without relaxing completely. Keep your lower back pressed into the floor throughout.

Steps

1. Lie on your back with your legs extended vertically toward the ceiling
2. Press your lower back into the floor and brace your abs
3. Reach both hands toward your toes while lifting your shoulder blades
4. Pause briefly at the top without swinging your arms
5. Lower your shoulder blades with control while keeping tension in your abs

Common mistakes

• Letting the lower back arch away from the floor
• Using arm momentum to swing toward the toes
• Bending the knees excessively as fatigue sets in
• Pulling the head forward instead of lifting through the upper torso

Variations

• Bent-knee toe touch
• Alternating single-leg toe touch
• Weighted toe touch with a light dumbbell
• Toe touch with feet supported against a wall

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