Alternate Heel Touches
Exercise Overview
The alternate heel touches exercise targets your core muscles in both flexion and lateral flexion. Crunch up high enough to get the shoulder blades off the floor and then crunch to the side as you reach to touch your heels. Maintain the half crunch as you alternate to touch your other heel.
Muscles Involved
Rectus AbdominisExternal ObliqueInternal ObliqueTransversus Abdominis
Related Conditions
Strength and ConditioningDiastasis rectimechanical low back painsports herniaoblique strainsuperficial front line dysfunction