Glutes · Body weight · Beginner

How to do Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch

The hands clasped circular toe touch is a bodyweight exercise that targets the glutes and also engages the hamstrings, quadriceps, and calves. It involves hinging at the hips and making a circular motion with your hands towards your toes, promoting flexibility and mobility in the lower body.

Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch demonstration
Primary muscle
Glutes
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Category
Legs

How to do Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch, step by step

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands clasped together in front of your chest.
  2. Bend your knees slightly and hinge forward at the hips, keeping your back straight.
  3. Lower your hands towards your toes in a circular motion, reaching as far as you can without straining.
  4. Pause for a moment at the bottom, then slowly return to the starting position.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch works your glutes as the main mover, with help from your hamstrings, quadriceps and calves.

Track Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch in SPLYT

Hands Clasped Circular Toe Touch is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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