Heel touches

How to do the Heel touches: full step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Core), equipment (Bodyweight) and a two-frame demo. Free to read, from the Setline exercise catalog.

BodyweightCore
Heel touches: start and finish positions
Heel touches: start and finish positions

How to do it

  1. 1

    Lie with knees bent and feet flat on the floor, arms extended by your sides.

  2. 2

    Crunch up and reach one hand down to touch that heel, holding the contraction for a second.

  3. 3

    Return and repeat on the other side. Touching both heels is one rep.

In a Setline session: 3 sets of 12–15.

Questions

What equipment do I need for the Heel touches?

The Heel touches uses: Bodyweight.

Which muscles does the Heel touches work?

The Heel touches works: Core.

How many sets and reps for the Heel touches?

In Setline sessions the Heel touches is programmed as 3 sets of 12–15.

Which Setline styles include the Heel touches?

The Heel touches appears in: Bodyweight.

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Heel touches — how to do it, steps and demo · Setline