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Heel Touch — abs isolation exercise in the LIFTAG library

Heel Touch

Isolation · Weight × reps · Time

Lift the head and shoulder blades slightly, brace the abdomen, and reach one hand toward the heel on the same side by bending the trunk laterally. Return through centre and alternate sides without pulling the neck or rocking the pelvis. Heel touches train the obliques and rectus abdominis through repeated side-bending in a short range. They are not automatically “low load” for every spine.

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Scan the machine's QR tag and this exercise opens ready to log: sets, rest timer, PRs, and your whole progression for Heel Touch.

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HOW TO DO HEEL TOUCH

  1. Lie on your back with knees bent, feet planted about hip-width apart, and arms beside the body.
  2. Keep the movement small and controlled, move the feet closer if needed, and lower the shoulders or choose an isometric side-plank variation if the neck or back becomes uncomfortable.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Open Heel Touch in LIFTAG, or tap the NFC tag / scan the QR code on the machine at a partner gym. Log each working set as weight × reps · time. The rest timer starts after you save the set, and PRs plus estimated 1RM update automatically.

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