Behind Head Chest Stretch

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Behind Head Chest Stretch — start position
Start
Behind Head Chest Stretch — finish position
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Muscles worked
PrimaryChest
SecondaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Sit upright on the floor with your partner behind you.

  2. 02

    Place your hands behind your hand, and push your elbows back as far as you can. Your partner should hold your elbows. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Gently attempt to pull your elbows forward with your hands still behind your head for 10 or more seconds. Your partner should prevent your elbows from moving.

  4. 04

    Now, relax your muscles and have your partner gently pull the elbows back as far as it comfortable for you. Be sure to let your partner know when the stretch is adequate to prevent overstretching or injury.

In the app

Behind Head Chest Stretch appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With bodyweight

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