Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor
Description
The lying alternate toe touch on the floor is a bodyweight ab move. Lying on the back, you raise opposite arm and leg to meet at the top, alternating sides for a crossing crunch pattern.
Equipment Required
Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor Instructions
- Lie flat on your back with arms and legs extended.
- Brace the core and press the lower back to the floor.
- Lift one leg and the opposite arm at the same time.
- Reach the hand toward the lifted foot at the top of the rep.
- Squeeze the abs and obliques.
- Lower the arm and leg back to the floor with control.
- Repeat on the other side.
- Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor Form & Visual
Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor Benefits
- Trains the abs and obliques with a crossing pattern.
- Builds rotational core strength.
- No equipment needed.
- Easy to scale by adjusting reach height.
- Carryover to athletic rotation.
- Develops mind muscle connection through the core.
Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor Muscles Worked
- Rectus abdominis
- Obliques
- Hip flexors
- Quadriceps
Lying Alternate Toe Touch Floor Variations & Alternatives
- Toe Touch Crunch
- Bicycle Crunch
- V Up
- Russian Twist
