How to do a Mini Loop Band Toe Touch
Reviewed by Jim Parker, CPT, B.A. Kinesiology
About this exercise
- Sets Logged
- 81,163
- Popularity Rank
- 839th
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Abs Strength
- 89 mSCORE 34th
- Equipment Required
Workouts with Mini Loop Band Toe Touch
Target muscles worked
Instructions for Proper Form
An excellent isolation exercise for the abdominals, the toe touch with a mini loop band increases resistance, enhancing the challenge and effectiveness of the workout. This variation intensifies core engagement, promoting better muscle tone and endurance than standard toe touches.
- Lie flat on your back with your leg extended and a band wrapped around both ankles with your arms extended overhead. Raise your feet off the ground keeping your legs extended until your legs are above your hips. Raise both hands up towards your toes as your flex your torso. Control the motion back to the starting position and repeat for the allotted repetitions.
Alternatives & Variations to Mini Loop Band Toe Touch
1. Toe Touchers
75.9 mSCORESWAPPED 44 TIMESToe Touchers are a bodyweight exercise that primarily targets the abdominals. This movement involves lying on your back and extending your legs straight up, then reaching towards your toes with your hands. This exercise focuses on contracting the abdominal muscles to bring the torso towards the legs, increasing core strength and improving flexibility in the hamstrings and lower back.
2. Crunches
94 mSCORESWAPPED 26 TIMESCrunches are one of the most common exercises out there. It’s an easy to perform, bodyweight exercise that targets your abdominals. Crunches are very similar to Sit Ups, however, instead of raising your upper body all the way into a near sitting position, you only raise your shoulder blades off the ground. This is a great exercise for beginners looking to build core strength.
3. Bird Dog
75.9 mSCORESWAPPED 16 TIMESBird Dog is a compound, bodyweight exercise that primarily targets the core and lower back. It involves extending one arm and the opposite leg simultaneously while balancing on all fours. This exercise helps improve stability, balance, and strengthening the muscles in the core and lower back, making it a great addition to any workout routine focused on core strength and stability.
4. Dead Bug
92.4 mSCORESWAPPED 16 TIMESDead Bugs are a bodyweight core exercise that requires you to lay on your back, and alternate extending your arms and legs out away from your body. The position you’re in on the ground keeps your core engaged, while extending your arms and legs away from you forces you to further recruit your core to continue to stabilize yourself.
5. Cocoon Crunch
67.8 mSCORESWAPPED 16 TIMESCocoon Crunch is a combination of a Crunch and a Leg Pull-In. Like both other exercises, this is a bodyweight core exercise that offers the benefits of both. It’s very similar to a Jackknife Sit-Up, however, you only raise your shoulder blades off the ground instead of your entire torso. This is a great exercise for adding a bit more challenge to your core workout.
6. Reverse Crunch
87.7 mSCORESWAPPED 15 TIMESReverse Crunch is a variation on the more standard crunch, although it may appear closer to something like a Leg Raise. Rather than engaging your core to bring your chest towards your pelvis, you instead elevate your legs, and bring your pelvis in towards your chest.
7. Alternating Heel Touch
78.2 mSCORESWAPPED 14 TIMESAlternating Heel Touch is a bodyweight, core exercise that involves laying on the ground and reaching towards your heel on either side. By raising your shoulder blades off the ground, you’re already engaging your core, while reaching towards either side helps to engage your obliques.
8. Ab Crunch Machine
96.1 mSCORESWAPPED 14 TIMESAb Crunch Machine is a variation of Crunches performed with a machine. Unlike standard Crunches, the use of a machine gives you more control over your resistance. In addition, the machine will restrict your range of motion allowing you to focus more on exertion than stabilizing the movement.
- Intermediate
- Abs
- Ab Crunch Machine
9. Mini Loop Band Leg Raise
29.8 mSCORESWAPPED 13 TIMESBy incorporating a mini loop band, this variation of leg raises intensifies the challenge on the abdominal muscles and hip flexors, making it an excellent isolation exercise for core strengthening. The added resistance from the band promotes muscle hypertrophy and endurance, surpassing the benefits of standard leg raises.
10. Leg Pull-In
94.9 mSCORESWAPPED 10 TIMESLeg Pull in is a bodyweight exercise that targets your core. By raising your legs off the ground, you’re already engaging your core. Additionally your core helps to pull your legs in towards your chest.