Seated Cat Cow
How to Do Seated Cat Cow
- Seat yourself comfortably on a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted about hip-width apart.
- Slowly draw your abs in, hunching your back, and extending your spine.
- Hold the stretch and then release, pushing your abs back outwards to the starting position, flexing your spine as you do so.
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Seated Cat Cow Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Seated Cat Cow targets abs and lower back and also works chest and middle back / lats and neck & upper traps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
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