Standing Chest Stretch
How to Do Standing Chest Stretch
- Stand tall and strong with your feet spaced about shoulder-width apart, maintaining a slight bend at the knee.
- Reach both hands behind your lower back, and interlock your fingers where they meet in the middle.
- Roll your shoulders back and pull your rear shoulder blades toward each other while slightly pushing your chest out.
- Keeping only a very slight bend at the elbow, lift your hands away from your lower back to create a stretching sensation in your chest and shoulders.
- Hold for the specified amount of time.
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Standing Chest Stretch Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Standing Chest Stretch targets chest and also works shoulders. 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.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Landmine / t-bar presses, single / one arm chest press and bosu ball push-ups / pushups. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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