Standing Toe Touches

How to do the Standing Toe Touches

1. Stand with some space in front and behind you.
2. Bend at the waist, keeping your legs straight, until you can relax and let your upper body hang down in front of you. Let your arms and hands hang down naturally. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	hamstrings
Secondary	calves
Equipment	no equipment
Difficulty	beginner

Train the same muscles a different way

6 alternatives for the same hamstrings, with and without kit.

Hamstring-SMR Foam Roller Dumbbell Clean Dumbbell Band Good Morning Resistance Bands Band Good Morning (Pull Through) Resistance Bands Alternating Hang Clean Kettlebell Ball Leg Curl Exercise Ball

Harder than the Standing Toe Touches

Seated Hamstring expert · Bodyweight Lying Hamstring expert · Other Equipment Intermediate Groin Stretch intermediate · Other Equipment

Common questions

What muscles does the Standing Toe Touches work?

The Standing Toe Touches primarily works the hamstrings, with the calves as secondary movers. Lying Hamstring, Runner's Stretch, and Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Standing Toe Touches?

None — the Standing Toe Touches is bodyweight, so it works at home, in a hotel room or outdoors. Lying Hamstring and Runner's Stretch also need nothing.

Is the Standing Toe Touches suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Standing Toe Touches is rated beginner. Seated Hamstring, Lying Hamstring, and Intermediate Groin Stretch are the progressions from here.

Similar exercises

Lying Hamstring Other Equipment Runner's Stretch Bodyweight Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch Bodyweight Seated Hamstring Bodyweight Seated Hamstring and Calf Stretch Other Equipment The Straddle Bodyweight