Side plank toe touch

Muscles

• External oblique
• Internal oblique
• Quadratus lumborum
• Spinalis thoracis
• Longissimus thoracis
• Iliocostalis
• Middle deltoid
• Supraspinatus
• Gluteus medius
• Gluteus minimus

Technique

1. Get into a Side plank on a straight arm, hand under your shoulder, feet stacked.
2. Lift your top leg straight up as high as you can and reach your top hand to touch your toes.
3. Lower the leg and arm back to the start and repeat.

Form tips

1. Do not let your shoulder shrug: push the floor away from you.
2. Keep both legs straight and your hips up; bring the foot to the hand rather than bending sideways to reach it.

Similar Exercises

• Side plank knee-to-elbow
• Side plank dip
• Weighted T-pushup
• Side plank
• Knee-support side plank

Equipment

• Ground (hands or body)