Inchworm
Instructions
- Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart
- Bend at the hips and place your hands on the floor in front of your feet
- Keeping your legs straight, slowly start to walk your hands forward until your back is in a straight line
- Hold this position for 10-15 seconds
- Slowly start to walk your hands back until you are in the starting position
- Repeat 3-5 times
Benefits
- Arms: This stretch helps to improve shoulder mobility, increase flexibility in the biceps and triceps, and stretch the muscles of the upper back and chest.
- Shoulders: This stretch helps to improve shoulder mobility, open the chest, and increase flexibility in the shoulder muscles.
- Core: This stretch helps to activate the core muscles and improve coordination in the trunk.
- Back: This stretch helps to increase flexibility in the spinal erectors and the muscles of the upper back, and open up the chest and shoulders.
- Legs: This stretch helps to increase flexibility in the hamstrings and hip flexors, and activate the core muscles.