Skip to content
ascend.
Exercise guide

Standing Toe Touches

How to do the Standing Toe Touches with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

BeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Hamstrings

Secondary

Calves

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Standing Toe Touches

  1. 1

    Stand with some space in front and behind you.

  2. 2

    Bend at the waist, keeping your legs straight, until you can relax and let your upper body hang down in front of you. Let your arms and hands hang down naturally. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Standing Toe Touches set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap, so your hamstrings volume is visible at a glance, and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

Train with a goal

Where the Standing Toe Touches fits

The Standing Toe Touches shows up in training built around a specific goal. See how it fits:

Related

More hamstrings exercises

FAQ

Standing Toe Touches: common questions

What muscles does the Standing Toe Touches work?

The Standing Toe Touches primarily works the Hamstrings. It also recruits the Calves as supporting muscles.

Is the Standing Toe Touches suitable for beginners?

Yes. The Standing Toe Touches is a beginner-level exercise, so it's a solid choice if you're new to training. Start light and focus on the movement pattern before adding load.

What equipment do I need for the Standing Toe Touches?

None. The Standing Toe Touches is a bodyweight exercise, so you can do it without any equipment.

How do I do the Standing Toe Touches with correct form?

Stand with some space in front and behind you. Follow the full step-by-step above for the complete movement.

Try the climb

Log your Standing Toe Touches sets, free.

Waitlist members get TestFlight + Play Store internal-track invites and a founder badge on their profile.

Free to join · No card · Founder badge kept
Ascend Club

The app is free. Club adds the coach, leagues and analytics.

Core tracking stays free forever, the climb, streaks, logging and your league tiers. Club is for when you want the full coach, worldwide competition and the depth, at about the price of one coffee a month.

See Club plans

14-day free trial · no card to start

 FreeClub
Tracking, the climb and streaks
Per-set logging, PR detection, wearables
Muscle-league tiers
The AI coachnudgesFull conversation
Worldwide leagues and challenges,
PR projections and deep analytics,
Unlimited crews,
Themes, export and higher AI limits,