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Standing Toe Touches

How to do the Standing Toe Touches with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

BeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Hamstrings

Secondary

Calves

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Standing Toe Touches

  1. 1

    Stand with some space in front and behind you.

  2. 2

    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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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Standing Toe Touches set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your hamstrings volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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