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Alternate Heel Touches
The Alternate Heel Touches is a bodyweight exercise that targets the obliques, with the core assisting. Follow the 6 steps below and watch the demo to check your form.
- Target muscles
- Obliques
- Also works
- Core
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Body part
- Waist
Step by step
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, hip-width apart.
- Raise your shoulders slightly off the floor into a crunch position with your arms extended toward your sides.
- Reach your right hand toward your right heel by bending your torso sideways.
- Return to the center without lowering your shoulders.
- Reach your left hand toward your left heel in the same controlled motion.
- Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
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One of 800 exercises in Bravel
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