toe touches

Reach your feet

Toe touches are a stretching or calisthenics exercise where you bend at the waist and reach toward your toes, testing hamstring flexibility: We started gym class with jumping jacks and toe touches.

The term also describes an exercise where you lie on your back and raise your legs, reaching up to touch your toes with your hands.

exercise

calisthenics

Equipment-free resistance exercises

  • repsExercise iteration count
  • circuitClosed electrical pathway
  • workoutStructured physical exercise

fitness · bodyweight · routine · toning · conditioning · training · core · ab workout · physical education · gym class

stretching

hamstrings

Rear thigh muscles

muscles · tendons · yoga · pilates · posture · alignment · physical therapy · rehabilitation · recovery · pre-workout

flexibility

hamstrings

Rear thigh muscles

bendable · range of motion · elongation · looseness · reaching · fingertips · forward fold · pike position · seated stretch · standing stretch

warm-up

preparation

Arranging things in advance

mobility · priming · readying · dynamic movement · blood flow · light cardio · injury prevention

coordination

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

synchronization · control · technique · proprioception · body awareness · rhythm · alternating · core stability

Categories
Opposites
body region targeted in exercise

toe touchesback extensions

Lower lumbar strengthening exercise

pull-ups · chin-ups · lat pulldowns · rows · push-ups

movement direction/spinal action

toe touchesbackbends

Arching postures curving rearward

cobra pose · upward dog · bridge pose · camel pose · back extensions

flexibility vs. rigidity/stationary postures

toe touchesstanding at attention

Formal upright military stance

sitting still · planks

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G