Upper Back Stretch

How to perform

1. 01Clasp fingers together with your thumbs pointing down, round your shoulders as you reach your hands forward.

Form cues

• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.
• —Bouncing into the stretch instead of holding it.