Back · Bodyweight · Beginner
Dancer's Stretch
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Lower Back
- Also working
- Abductors, Glutes
How to do it
- Sit up on the floor.
- Cross your right leg over your left, keeping the knee bent. Your left leg is straight and down on the floor.
- Place your left arm on your right leg and your right hand on the floor.
- Rotate your upper body to the right, and hold for 10-20 seconds. Switch sides.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the lower back as its main muscle, on a different piece of equipment.
Other lower back exercises
- Cat Stretch · Bodyweight
- Child's Pose · Bodyweight
- Crossover Reverse Lunge · Bodyweight
- Deadlift with Bands · Barbell
- Deadlift with Chains · Barbell
- Deficit Deadlift · Barbell
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