Weekly Personal Trainer

Stretching Exercise

The following stretching exercise will help you increase your flexibility, range of motion, strength, and muscle size while reducing your chance for injury. This stretch was selected specifically because it puts minimal pressure on the ligaments, joints, and connective tissue.

Shoulder, Triceps, and Side Stretch

Start/Finish:

Place one arm overhead and bend it behind your head.

The Stretch:

Carefully pull your elbow further behind your head with your other arm as you slowly bend to one side. Feel the mild stretch in your triceps, shoulder, rib cage, and waist. Hold until the stretch is completed. Repeat on other side.