Hands Reversed Clasped Circular Toe Touch (Male)

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend forward from your waist until your upper body is parallel to the floor. Keep your legs straight and reach your hands toward your toes. Cross your arms behind your back and clasp your hands together, with your palms facing inward. While keeping your arms clasped, lift them up and rotate them in a circular motion around your body. Try to touch your toes with your hands as you rotate. Repeat in the opposite direction.

How to perform the Hands Reversed Clasped Circular Toe Touch (Male)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Hands Reversed Clasped Circular Toe Touch (Male) using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your calves.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your calves rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

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