Unlock Your Flexibility With These 4 New Stretches

People often stick to the same few stretches, which may limit flexibility progress, especially as the most common stretches often miss deeper, harder-to-reach areas.

So, here are some new (well, probably new to most people, at least) stretches that can get things moving in different directions:

Diversity Continues To Be Good!

The stretches are:

90/90 Hip stretch with a twist:

• Sit with your knees forming 90° angles; add an arm bar and twist your chest upward.
• Hold for 5 deep breaths and repeat.
• This one targets top glute muscles and quadratus lumborum in the lower back.
  

Shoulder mobility stretch using a wall:

• Kneel in front of a wall with your forearms placed shoulder-width apart, hands turned outward.
• Lift your hips, push your chest toward your legs, and use the wall and your body weight for deeper leverage.
• This one targets multiple shoulder and rotator cuff muscles through external rotation.
  

Quad stretch using body weight:

• Sit with your feet hip-width apart, lift your hips, step one foot back, and tuck in your tailbone.
• Focus on pointing your knee down and forward for a deep quad stretch.
• This one targets all four quad muscles, hip flexors, plantar fascia, and opens chest/shoulders.
  

Chicken wing stretch for upper back:

• Sit with bent knees, place the back of one hand on your waist (chicken wing position).
• Tuck the “wing” into the inner thigh, press your knee inward while resisting with the arm.
• This one broadens the shoulder blade and stretches rear shoulder/upper back muscles; it’s particularly effective for reaching difficult upper back areas not typically stretched.

For more on each of these plus visual demonstrations, enjoy:

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