Stretches

Chest Stretches

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Chest stretches for the pecs and the front of the shoulders, useful if you sit hunched forward a lot or train pressing movements. You'll find filmed moves, including the pec stretch, cobra and sphinx, with a short sequence and guided routines.

Chest stretches with video

These are the 5 movements from the MoveWell library for this area. Each page has a demo, numbered steps, the muscles worked and common mistakes.

Pass Through demonstrationPass Through10 slow reps. Cobra demonstrationCobra15 to 30 seconds. Pec Stretch demonstrationPec Stretch30 seconds per side. Sphinx demonstrationSphinx30 to 60 seconds. Upward Dog demonstrationUpward Dog10 to 30 seconds.

A simple chest sequence

Do these in order: warm-up drills first, then any rolling, then the longer holds. Move slowly and stop if anything is sharp or numb.

#MovementHold or repsSides
1Pass Through10 repsn/a
2Cobra20 sn/a
3Pec Stretch30 s/sideEach side
4Sphinx45 sn/a
5Upward Dog20 sn/a
JR

Joel is the founder of MoveWell and IMPOSSIBLE. He became the youngest person to run an ultra marathon on every continent, and created MoveWell to make recovery easy with routines he would actually do.

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