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Toe Press on a Spring-Mounted Saddle Foot Base

IntermediateStrengthTier T2

You stand on a small wooden foot base with your heel on the base and your toes laid over a spring-mounted saddle. You press the toes down on the saddle, then release.

Targets: Foot & Toes

Stop if

If anything hurts or feels wrong, stop and ask a qualified health professional.

  • Pain 6 out of 10 or more: choose an easier exercise.
  • Pain 8 out of 10 or more: stop and rest.

Equipment needed

  • Works at home
  • Works at the gym

none

Home Options

  • bodyweight

Dosage

3

Sets

10

Reps / Time

45 sec

Rest

controlled

Tempo

Step-by-Step Guide

Set up

  • Place the base flat on a firm floor. Stand on it with your bare right heel on the rear pad, your foot along the base and your toes laid over the saddle, with your left foot flat on the floor beside the base.
  • Stand tall with your shin upright and your weight over your heel before you begin. Keep the heel securely on the base; you are not to lean forward.
  1. A man's bare right foot on a wooden base in side view, the heel on the rear pad and the toes lying over a black saddle on two coil springs, the shin upright.

    Step 1 of 3

    Stand with the heel of one foot firmly on the base and your toes laid over the saddle, which rests at its full height on its springs.

  2. The same man's bare right foot with the toes curled down over the black saddle, which is lower on compressed springs, the heel still on the rear pad and the shin upright.

    Step 2 of 3

    Press the saddle down using just your toes, keeping your heel on the base and not leaning forward onto the saddle. Then let it rise to repeat.

  3. A man's bare right foot on a wooden base in side view, the heel on the rear pad and the toes lying over a black saddle on two coil springs, the shin upright.

    Step 3 of 3

    Stand with the heel of one foot firmly on the base and your toes laid over the saddle, which rests at its full height on its springs.

Breathing

  • Breathe normally.

Safety Information

Take care with these exercises if the foot has any currently painful or inflamed condition, especially plantar fasciitis or neuromas, and after any kind of foot surgery, and ask a doctor, podiatrist or other medical professional whether they suit you. Start slowly, on a plain flat floor with no support and no number of presses per area. If anything hurts or feels wrong, stop and ask a qualified health professional. Stop if the exercise causes pain or you become unwell. Seek appropriate professional advice about symptoms or suitability.

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