What it’s good for | All stretches help to lengthen specific muscles, keeping the body in balance, preventing particular muscles from becoming very tight and crampy, and keeping you more flexible. Everyday benefits include:
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How often to do it | Daily, especially mornings, evenings and after sitting for long periods |
Equipment you’ll need | Kitchen chair for sitting version |
Standing version
- Stand with feet wide, under your shoulders, and soft knees
- Place your hands on your bottom
- Gently pull in your lower abs
- Squeeze your elbows together behind you until you feel the pull from the tops of your arms into your chest
- Hold for a count of 8–10, breathing normally
- Release and rest
If it feels very tight, repeat the stretch two or three times, resting between
Cannot do this at all? If you are finding this too unsteady to hold the stretch, try the sitting version below
Sitting version
- Hold the back of the chair
- Sit tall at the front of a kitchen chair
- Gently squeeze your shoulders back and lift your chest so you feel a pull from the tops of your arms into your chest
- Hold for a count of 8–10, breathing normally
- Release and rest
If it feels very tight, repeat the stretch two or three times, resting between
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