Elevated Cat
The elevated cat stretch is a thoracic bridge progression that opens your chest prepares your shoulder girdle for a deeper thoracic stretch.
- Type Of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Stall Bars
Elevated Cat
- Begin kneeling two to three feet from stall bars or stable waist-high object.
- Place your hands on the bar or object in front of you at shoulder-width, straighten your elbows, and drop your chest toward the floor.
- As you drop down, shrug your shoulders to your ears and adjust your knee position so that when you settle into the cat stretch, your hips are stacked directly over your knees.
- Keep your chest and armpits pressed toward the floor, arch your spine, and hold for time.
- Exercise: Prone Thoracic Band Pull
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Chest
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Resistance Band
- Exercise: Inverted Cat
- Type of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Exercise Ball
