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Side-Lying Floor Stretch

Lats · Bodyweight

Beginner

Body Part

Back

Equipment

Bodyweight

Level

Beginner

Force

Static

The Side-Lying Floor Stretch is a beginner bodyweight exercise that primarily targets the Lats.

Muscles Worked

Lats primary

How to Do the Side-Lying Floor Stretch

  1. 1First lie on your left side, bending your left knee in front of you to stabilize your torso (use your abdominal muscles as well to hold you upright).
  2. 2Straighten your right leg and rest the right foot on the floor behind your left. Straighten your right arm over your head and gently pull on your right wrist to stretch the entire right side of the body. Switch sides.

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Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.

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