Back pec stretch exercise demonstration
Back pec stretch

Exercise

Back pec stretch

Back pec stretch is a moderate exercise. It trains back.

Muscles
Back

Detailed explanation

Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart. Extend your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the ground. Cross your arms in front of your body, with your right arm over your left arm.

Interlock your fingers and rotate your palms away from your body. Slowly raise your arms up and away from your body, feeling a stretch in your back and chest. Hold the stretch for 15-30 seconds, then release.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart.

  2. 2

    Extend your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the ground.

  3. 3

    Cross your arms in front of your body, with your right arm over your left arm.

  4. 4

    Interlock your fingers and rotate your palms away from your body.

  5. 5

    Slowly raise your arms up and away from your body, feeling a stretch in your back and chest.

  6. 6

    Hold the stretch for 15-30 seconds, then release.

  7. 7

    Repeat on the opposite side.

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