Back · Bodyweight · Beginner
Cat Stretch
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Lower Back
- Also working
- Upper Back, Traps
How to do it
- Position yourself on the floor on your hands and knees.
- Pull your belly in and round your spine, lower back, shoulders, and neck, letting your head drop.
- Hold for 15 seconds.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the lower back as its main muscle, on a different piece of equipment.
Other lower back exercises
- Atlas Stones · Other
- Axle Deadlift · Other
- Barbell Deadlift · Barbell
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- Crossover Reverse Lunge · Bodyweight
- Dancer's Stretch · Bodyweight
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