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toe curl pen lift exercise - beginner Lower Body exercise

Lower Body
beginner

toe curl pen lift exercise

sitting exercise curling toes to grasp and lift a pen off the floor, then release and repeat

Starting position: sitting
Joints: head, foot
Muscles: intrinsic foot muscles, toe flexors, flexor digitorum brevis, lumbricals
Equipment: chair, pen
Goal: postural correction, coordination, proprioception
Type: isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on chair and place a pencil infront of foot, grab the pen by curling of toes and lift off the foot from floor. Open and release. Repeat

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