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The Alternating Toe Touch is one of those exercises that gives you a goal to distract you from the movements that are actually working your target muscle groups. Specifically, this exercise is all about touching your toes, but in doing so, you work your lower abdominals – a notoriously difficult muscle group to target.
Alternating Toe Touch
- Lie on the floor. You can use a towel or mat to cushion your spine if you like.
- Put your feet in the air, legs straight up. Keep your knees straight at all times.
- Extend your left arm while using your lower abdominal muscles to lift your shoulders off the floor. Do not let your extended arm help pull you up – focus on the contraction in your abdominal muscles. Make sure your chin is not tucking toward your chest, or you can cause yourself neck pain.
- Touch your right toes with your left hand, then slowly use your abdominals to lower your shoulders back to the floor.
- Switch to your right arm and left leg, and repeat.
That’s one repetition. Complete eight to twelve reps for a set, and perform one to three sets per session, three to five times a week.
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Filed in Exercise
Updated: October 26, 2010
Copyright: October 21, 2010
Filed in Exercise
Updated: October 26, 2010
Copyright: October 21, 2010
