Toe Touchers

How to do the Toe Touchers

1. To begin, lie down on the floor or an exercise mat with your back pressed against the floor. Your arms should be lying across your sides with the palms facing down.
2. Your legs should be touching each other. Slowly elevate your legs up in the air until they are almost perpendicular to the floor with a slight bend at the knees. Your feet should be parallel to the floor.
3. Move your arms so that they are fully extended at a 45 degree angle from the floor. This is the starting position.
4. While keeping your lower back pressed against the floor, slowly lift your torso and use your hands to try and touch your toes. Remember to exhale while perform this part of the exercise.
5. Slowly begin to lower your torso and arms back down to the starting position while inhaling. Remember to keep your arms straight out pointing towards your toes.
6. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	abs
Equipment	no equipment
Difficulty	beginner
Type	isolation

Train the same muscles a different way

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

Dumbbell Side Bend Dumbbell Exercise Ball Crunch Exercise Ball Torso Rotation Exercise Ball Weighted Ball Side Bend Exercise Ball Spell Caster Dumbbell Weighted Crunches Medicine Ball

Harder than the Toe Touchers

Hanging Pike expert · Bodyweight Bent Press expert · Kettlebell Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees expert · Barbell

Common questions

What muscles does the Toe Touchers work?

The Toe Touchers primarily works the abs. Scissor Kick, Ab Crunch Machine, and Alternate Heel Touchers train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Toe Touchers?

None — the Toe Touchers is bodyweight, so it works at home, in a hotel room or outdoors. Scissor Kick and Ab Crunch Machine also need nothing.

Is the Toe Touchers suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Toe Touchers is rated beginner. Hanging Pike, Bent Press, and Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees are the progressions from here.

Where should the Toe Touchers go in a workout?

Late — the Toe Touchers is isolation work, so it follows your compounds.

Similar exercises

Scissor Kick Bodyweight Ab Crunch Machine Machine Alternate Heel Touchers Bodyweight Barbell Side Bend Barbell Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends Cable Machine Cable Crunch Cable Machine