Sitting Side Reach Stretch
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
The Sitting Side Reach Stretch enhances flexibility by targeting the latissimus dorsi and obliques. This stretch can help in improving posture, reducing tension, and increasing range of motion in the upper and lateral body planes.
How to do it
- Sit on the floor with legs extended in front.
- Bend one knee and place the sole of the foot against the inner thigh of the opposite leg.
- Extend your arm overhead and lean towards the straight leg.
- Reach towards the toes of the extended leg with the opposite hand.
- Hold the stretch, feeling a pull along your side.
Muscles worked
Primary Latissimus Dorsi Obliques
Secondary Deltoid Anterior Erector Spinae