Reach Underneath
When you've been doing a lot of overhead work (or sitting at a desk that's too high), a good upper trap stretch is essential. Reach Underneath uses your bodyweight to elongate your upper traps on a diagonal—something you didn't know you needed until now.
- Type Of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Trapezius, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
Reach Underneath
- Begin on all fours, with your hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips.
- Thread your right arm under your left arm, folding down and twisting so your right shoulder touches the floor.
- Tuck your chin to your chest.
- Keep both knees down on the floor and breath.
- Aim to eventually get at least your right shoulder blade in contact with the floor.
- Hold for time, twist out slowly, and repeat on your left side.
- Exercise: Cat
- Type of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Shoulders
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise:
- Type of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Chest
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
