Shoulder
Reverse Shoulder Stretch
Stand or sit tall with good posture, relaxing your shoulders. Extend one arm straight across your chest, keeping it roughly parallel to the floor.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Shoulder
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- posterior deltoid
- infraspinatus
- teres minor
Secondary muscles
- triceps brachii
- latissimus dorsi
Target muscles
- shoulder
- arms
How to perform
- 1
Stand or sit tall with good posture, relaxing your shoulders.
- 2
Extend one arm straight across your chest, keeping it roughly parallel to the floor.
- 3
Use your other hand to gently press on the elbow or upper arm of the extended arm, pulling it closer to your body.
- 4
Feel a stretch in the back of your shoulder and potentially your upper arm.
- 5
Hold the stretch for 20-30 seconds, breathing deeply and evenly.
- 6
Release slowly and repeat the stretch on the opposite side.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
