Bridge
The Bridge is an advanced upper thoracic stretch in which the feet and hands remain flat on the floor with the stomach facing upward. The lower back should remain as straight as possible to avoid stress on the lumbar.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Equipment: Body Only
Bridge
- Lie on your back with your hands placed flat next to your ears.
- With your elbows and knees bent, feet flat on the floor, press through your feet to get your hips up and engage your glutes.
- Push through your hands and press your elbows as straight as possible.
- As your back arches, be sure you feel the stretch in your upper back and not your lower back.
- The progression of refinement for the full bridge is: arms straight, chest pressed forward, legs straight, and feet together in that order.
- Hold for time.
- Exercise: Mid Bridge
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Mid Bridge Inside Out
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
