Are Heel Touches Good?

Regularly practicing heel touches can have several benefits. Heel touches strengthen your core muscles. Heel touches activate most of the primary muscles throughout your midsection—including your upper and lower abs, your transverse abdominis, and your rectus abdominis (also known as the six-pack muscle).

Will heel touches make your waist bigger?

Because the obliques are positioned mainly along the sides of your torso, the effect is to actually thicken your waist. Probably not the effect you're going for.

What are heel touches exercise?

Step 1: Lay down with your back on the ground and your knees bent and pointed towards the ceiling. Step 2: With your arms on your side raise your shoulders slightly off the ground. Step 3: Using your abs rotate your right hand down to your right foot and then back up. Step 4: Then do the same thing with your left hand.