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90 Degree Heel Touch
Muscles involved
The 90-degree heel touch keeps your legs in the air. It trains the abs and obliques without straining your neck.
How to do it
- Lie on your back with knees bent at a 90-degree angle, feet flat on the floor, and arms extended straight down by your sides, palms facing down.
- Engage your core and press your lower back into the floor as you slide your heels towards your glutes, keeping your toes pointed up.
- Pause for a moment at the peak, feeling the contraction in your hamstrings as your heels touch or come close to your glutes.
- Slowly and with control, slide your heels back to the starting position, maintaining core engagement and a stable pelvis.
Equipment required
Muscles worked
Tips
- Press your lower back firmly into the mat throughout the entire movement to protect your spine and maximize hamstring engagement. - Control the tempo; avoid using momentum to slide your heels back. A slow, 2-second slide and 2-second return is ideal. - Keep your toes pointed up towards the ceiling to shift the focus onto your hamstrings rather than your calves. - Focus on pulling with your hamstrings, not pushing with your feet, to initiate the slide back.
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90 Degree Heel Touch: which muscles does it work?
90 Degree Heel Touch mainly works: Abs, Obliques. It also involves: Rectus abdominis.
What is 90 Degree Heel Touch good for?
The 90-degree heel touch keeps your legs in the air. It trains the abs and obliques without straining your neck.
How do you do 90 Degree Heel Touch with proper form?
- Press your lower back firmly into the mat throughout the entire movement to protect your spine and maximize hamstring engagement. - Control the tempo; avoid using momentum to slide your heels back. A slow, 2-second slide and 2-second return is ideal.
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