Level 1
Warm Up & Mobility
Stretch
What this movement will help with
  • Warming up your back, your chest and your shoulders
  • This helps to loosen off the muscles and make sure your upper body is warm and ready to move!
Muscles worked
  • Rhomboids & Latissimus Dorsi (your upper back)
  • Pecs (your chest)
  • Deltoids (your shoulders)
Pointers
Standing Chest Stretch

Step 1

Keep your feet just wider than hip width apart (or a comfortable distance for you)

Step 2

Lift your arms straight up in-front of you to shoulder height and link your hands together

Step 3

Gently stretch your hands away from your body, allowing your shoulder blades to come apart and stretch your upper back

Step 4

Hold this for 10-15 seconds then relax and return to your starting position

Upper Back Stretch

Step 1

Keep your feet just wider than hip width apart (or a comfortable distance for you)

Step 2

Put your hands behind you back. Option one is to link your hands together, option two is to push your hands together as close as you can without linking them

Step 3

Gently stretch your hands away from your body behind you. If this feels ok you can lift them up as high as is comfortable behind your back

Step 4

You’ll feel a stretch in your shoulders and/or chest

Step 5

Hold this for 10-15 seconds then relax and return to your starting position

Notes
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