Heel Taps
Trains the abdominals. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use Heel Taps
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Heel Taps trains
Technique
How to do Heel Taps
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, arms extended along your sides with your palms facing down.
- Lift your shoulder blades slightly off the floor and engage your core.
- Bend sideways at the waist to reach your right hand toward your right heel, tapping it, then return to the center.
- Repeat on the left side, tapping your left heel with your left hand. Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your shoulder blades off the floor throughout to maintain tension on your abdominals.
- Move by bending sideways at the waist, focusing on your obliques.
- Keep your lower back pressed into the floor to avoid strain.
- Breathe steadily, exhaling with each tap.
Substitutes
Swap Heel Taps for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run Heel Taps for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.