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Ankle taps
Ankle taps are a low-impact ab exercise that you do by lying down on the floor and reaching out to tap your ankles with your hands. [ID: ankle_taps]
Instructions
First time: Try 1 set, 10 reps
Steps:
- Start position: Lay on your back with your knees bent, hands at your side
- Tighten your abs to lift your head, neck, and shoulders off the floor
- Reach for and touch one ankle, and then the other; rinse and repeat
Details
It's a very different exercise, but you can do ankle taps standing up as well, www.sweat.com/blogs/exercises/ankle-taps
Little help
Video: Ankle taps demo, www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kP5scqcLGA
Article + Video: "How to do ankle taps" by Sworkit Health, sworkit.com/exercise/ankle-taps
Article + Video: "How To Do Ankle Taps Properly", flabfix.com/how-to-do-ankle-taps-properly
Video: demo of standing ankle taps, www.sweat.com/blogs/exercises/ankle-taps
Image source: Swift Movement Academy,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kP5scqcLGA