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Muscles Stretched: abdominals, front neck

Description

1. Start by laying on your front, with your hands close to your chest, fingers pointing forwards.
2. Exhale, pushing yourself up with your arms while keeping both feet firmly on the floor and your hips down.
3. Look up toward the ceiling. You should feel the stretch in front of your neck too.

Related Pages

• See stretching guidelines for further instructions
• Complete stretching list
• Why Spider-Man?
• See also tests to Measure Flexibility
• See all flexibility images in the Stretching Exercises Clipart Image Collection
• Back Extensions Fitness Test — number of back extensions performed in 20 seconds.
• Back extension strength fitness exercise

Related Products

• Goniometers to measure flexibility.
• Stretching books

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Disclaimer

The above information is presented as a general guide. The author and publisher take no responsibility for any possible consequences of any treatment, procedure, exercise, action or application of medication based on this information. See more: Disclaimer.