Exercise guide

Seated Overhead Stretch

CategoryStretching ForceStatic MechanicIsolation LevelBeginner

How to do the Seated Overhead Stretch: step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Abdominals), and equipment. Log it in Vantora.

How to perform the Seated Overhead Stretch exercise

How to do the Seated Overhead Stretch

  1. Sit up straight on an exercise mat.
  2. Touch the soles of your feet together with your feet six to eight inches in front of your hips.
  3. Place one hand on the floor beside you and your other hand behind your head.
  4. Lift your elbow to the ceiling as you incline your torso to the other side. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds, then switch sides.

Muscles worked

abdominals

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