Heel Taps. How-to, proper form and tips
The exercise is very simple and can easily be done at home in a carpet. A few reps are accessible to any one, while longer reps make the exercise very effective on the abs and obliques.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from 'Exercise Library: Side Leg Raises'
by Darebee)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Lie down on your back. Bent your knees, feet flat on the floor near the glutes.
- Lift your shoulders off the ground and touch the right heel with the right hand.
- This is one repetition.
- Keeping the shoulders off the ground, touch the left heel with the left hand.
- This is the second repetition.
Hints & tips:
- Keep your head in neutral position, not the chin in the chest.
Benefits:
- Strengthens the obliques.
- Can help tighten the side abs.
- Highly focused on Abs and Obliques, no other muscles involved.
Counting & gamification:
- Make 2 to 4 series of 20 repetitions each.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Primary muscles: Obliques, Abs
Other names
The exercise can be found with other names. Examples are:
- Heel Taps
- Heel Touch
- Penguin Taps
- Lying Heel Taps
- Lying Heel Touch
- Alternate Heel Touch
- Foot to Foot Crunch
