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Full Body Stretch

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: None

Tips: Lie on your back with your arms overhead. Raise your chest to the ceiling and let your lower back lift off the floor. Suck in your belly button toward your back and reach your arms and legs in opposite directions.

One Half Locust

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: None

Tips: Get on your stomach and lie facedown on the floor. Put your left hand under your left hipbone to pad your hip and pubic bone. Bend your right knee so you can hold the foot in your right hand. Lift the foot in the air and simultaneously lift your shoulders off the floor. This also stretches the right hip flexor and the chest and shoulders. Switch sides. If it doesn't bother your back, you can try it with both arms and legs at the same time.

Overhead Stretch

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: None

Tips: Standing straight up, lace your fingers together and open your palms to the ceiling. Keep your shoulders down as you extend your arms up. To create a full torso stretch, pull your tailbone down and stabilize your torso as you do this. Stretch the muscles on both the front and the back of the torso.

Seated Overhead Stretch

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: None

Tips: Sit up straight, balancing on your sit bones. Touch the soles of your feet together with your feet six to eight inches in front of your hips. Place your left fingertips on the floor beside you and your right hand behind your head. Lift your right elbow to the ceiling as you incline your torso to the left. Make sure to keep your right hip on the floor. Switch sides.

Side Torso Stretch

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: Other

Tips: Start off by placing the pole on your shoulders and hold it with both hands. Begin the stretch by tilting to your left side. Draw your left elbow into your left side to help stabilize your torso, and straighten your right arm overhead so that the pole is at least vertical or creates a deeper, diagonal line. Switch sides.

Standing Lateral Stretch

Stretch Data
Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: None

Tips: Take a slightly wider than hip distance stance with your knees slightly bent. Place your right hand on your right hip to support the spine. Raise your left arm in a vertical line and place your left hand behind your head. Keep it there as you incline your torso to the right. Keep your weight evenly distributed between both legs (don't lean into your left hip). Switch sides.

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