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Standing Toe Touches
Standing Toe Touches is a beginner stretching exercise. It works the hamstrings, with help from the calves.
beginnerotherstatic movementstretching
- Main muscles
- hamstrings
- Also works
- calves
How to do it
- Stand with some space in front and behind you.
- Bend at the waist, keeping your legs straight, until you can relax and let your upper body hang down in front of you. Let your arms and hands hang down naturally. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds.
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Similar exercises
- Chair Leg Extended Stretch · other, beginner
- Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Leg-Up Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Runner's Stretch · other, beginner
- Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch · other, beginner
- The Straddle · other, beginner
- Upper Back-Leg Grab · other, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).