Walk across the room on your tiptoes without making a sound.
Tiptoe walk
How to do it
- Up as high as your toes will go.
- Stand tall and look ahead.
- Quiet as a mouse: that's how you know you're balanced.
- Nothing at all
- A room you can take three steps across.
- Bare feet or grippy shoes, never socks on a smooth floor.
Watch out for this
Make it fit you
The right version is the hardest one you can still do properly. That is not a kindness, it is how this works.
Easier
- Hold a wall and walk along it on tiptoes.
Harder
- Tiptoe backwards, or over a line.
What it trains
Which muscles do the work
Calf musclesShin muscleFoot and ankle bones
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