Crab Toe Touch

Dynamic core exercise combining crab walk position with alternating toe touches, building shoulder stability and core strength.

Instructions

1. Sit on the ground with your hands behind you, fingers pointing forward, and feet in front of you with knees bent.
2. Press through your hands and feet to lift your hips off the ground, creating a crab position.
3. Engage your core and maintain this position while reaching one arm forward to touch the toes of the opposite foot.
4. Return your reaching arm to the ground beside your body.
5. Alternate sides, reaching toward your opposite foot.
6. Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions, alternating sides.

Tips

• Maintain a rigid plank-like position; avoid letting your hips sag.
• Keep your chest facing upward; minimize excessive rotation.
• Move deliberately and avoid using momentum to swing your reaching arm.
• This exercise challenges shoulder stability, core strength, and balance simultaneously.
• Perform as a dynamic movement or hold the crab position briefly between each touch.
• Breathe steadily throughout; exhale as you reach and inhale as you return.
• Modify by performing the crab walk movement without toe touches if too challenging.