Upper Body Stretches

Here are a few quick and effective Upper Body Stretches you can complete before your workout routines. Great flexibility stretches for preventing injury.

Chest Stretches

• Stand upright with your knees bent and your feet shoulder width apart.

• Interlock your two hands benhind your back.

• Now, pull your hands down toward the ground and push your chest up and out.

• You should feel your shoulders move back and feel a stretch in the Chest muscles.

• Hold for 10 seconds.

 

Single Arm Tricep Stretches

• Stand upright with your knees bent and your feet shoulder width apart.

• Put one arm behind your back touching your neck.

• With the opposite hand push the elbow of the hand behind your back downwards.

• You should feel a stetch in the tricep muscle.

• Hold for 10 seconds and repeat procedure on the opposite arm.

 

Cross Arm Stretches

• Standing upright, place one arm across the body.
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• With the other arm force the point just above elbow in towards the body.

• A twinge should be felt around the shoulder area.

• Hold this poistion for 3 seconds and cross to the next arm. This process should be repeated several time at a fast cross over pace.

 

Arm Swings

• Simply swing the arms back and then foward for 15 seconds each.

Torso Tilts

• With some light 2-4kg dumbells tilt the torso to one side and hold.

• Feel a stetch right upthe side side of the body.

• Hold for 5 seconds and repeat on the over side.

 

Side Lateral Muscle Stretch [w/med ball]

• With a medicene ball at hand place your knees on the ground.

• Place the Ball if front of you and put you hands side ways on the Ball.

• At this position push your body down to the ground feeling a stretch in your side Lat muscles.

• Hold this position for 10 seconds.