Flexibility exercise
Lat Static Stretch
How to do it
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart.
- Reach one arm straight overhead and grasp that wrist with your other hand.
- Lean your torso directly sideways away from the raised arm while keeping both feet planted.
- Ease the lean deeper only until you feel a stretch down the side of the torso through the latissimus dorsi.
- Breathe slowly and hold the position for 20 to 30 seconds.
- Return upright with control and switch sides.
Muscles worked
Latissimus DorsiLarge back muscle responsible for shoulder extension, adduction, and internal rotation. All Latissimus Dorsi exercises
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- Type
- Flexibility
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Primary muscles
- Latissimus Dorsi
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