A heel walk is a simple exercise where you walk on your heels, keeping your knees straight. It's often used as a strength and balance exercise.
How to Perform a Heel Walk
The heel walk exercise involves:
- Walking solely on your heels: Lift your toes off the ground and maintain contact only with your heels.
- Maintaining straight knees: Avoid bending your knees during the exercise to maximize the engagement of your calf muscles.
- Walking as far as possible: Continue the heel walk until fatigue sets in. The duration or distance isn't fixed and can vary based on your fitness level.
- Sets and repetitions: The exercise can be performed in sets, as suggested in the video reference. An example is 3 sets of up to one minute each, once daily.
The video reference highlights that a heel walk involves walking on your heels with straight knees for a given time frame, stopping when you feel fatigued. The exercise can be repeated in sets. This exercise is suitable for improving balance and strengthening the calf muscles.
