Core · Bodyweight
Planked Side Toe Tap
How to do the planked side toe tap, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Start in a high plank with your body straight and core braced. Tap one foot out to the side and back, then the other, keeping your hips as still as possible. Continue alternating sides at a steady pace.
- 1Core and obliques fighting to keep your hips level
- 2Shoulders bracing over your wrists to support each tap
- 3Glutes staying tight to hold the plank line
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips rock or rotate as you tap
- Piking your hips up to make the taps easier
- Letting your shoulders drift behind your hands
Muscles worked
The planked side toe tap mainly works the lower abs and obliques, with the upper abs, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- ForearmsMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.