Rotating Stomach Stretch
Description
The rotating stomach stretch is performed in a cobra-like position where you press your upper body off the floor, then rotate your torso to look over each shoulder alternately. It stretches the abs, obliques, and chest while mobilizing the thoracic spine through rotation. It is an effective stretch for the entire front body.
Equipment Required
Rotating Stomach Stretch Instructions
- Lie face down on the floor with hands placed beside your shoulders.
- Press your hands into the floor and lift your chest into a cobra position. Keep hips on the floor.
- From the cobra position, rotate your torso to the right, looking over your right shoulder toward your right heel.
- Hold the rotation for 5 to 10 seconds. Feel the deeper stretch through your left abdominal and side.
- Return to center cobra.
- Rotate to the left, looking over your left shoulder.
- Hold and return to center.
- Repeat 3 to 5 rotations per side. Move slowly with breath control.
Rotating Stomach Stretch Form & Visual
Rotating Stomach Stretch Benefits
- Stretches the abs, obliques, and chest
- Mobilizes the thoracic spine through rotation
- Counteracts hunched posture from sitting
- Combines extension with rotation in one stretch
- No equipment needed
- Excellent ab counter-stretch after core training
Rotating Stomach Stretch Muscles Worked
- Rectus abdominis (stretched)
- Obliques
- Pectoralis major (stretched)
- Hip flexors
- Thoracic spine rotators
Rotating Stomach Stretch Variations & Alternatives
- Cobra Pose (no rotation)
- Abdominal Stretch
- Rotating Neck Stretch
- Scorpion Stretch
- Cobra with Look Over Shoulder
