Toe Touches
🔺 Upper Abs · updated September 2026
⏱ 45 sec🔁 3 sets of 12📶 beginner🌿 low-impact
Targets: upper abs with a longer lever
How to do it
- 1Lie on your back with legs straight up toward the ceiling.
- 2Reach both hands toward your toes, lifting the shoulder blades off the floor.
- 3Pause briefly at the top, lower the shoulders with control.
- 4Keep legs as vertical as your hamstrings allow.
Form tips
- • Reach with the ribs, not the arms
- • Slight knee bend is fine
- • Lower back stays heavy on the floor
Common mistakes
- • Swinging arms for momentum
- • Legs drifting away (turns it into a low-back exercise)
- • Chin jammed to chest
