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Side Lying Floor Stretch
Side Lying Floor Stretch: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: body only. Level: beginner.
- Equipmentbody only
- Levelbeginner
- Forcestatic
- Body partback
- Primary muscles
- lats, obliques
- Secondary muscles
- glutes
How to do it
- Lie on your side with your legs straight and your bottom arm extended straight overhead.
- Bend your top knee and place your foot on the ground in front of your bottom leg.
- Reach your top arm over your head and grab onto something stable, like a wall or a piece of furniture.
- Slowly lift your bottom leg off the ground, keeping it straight, until you feel a stretch in your side.
- Hold the stretch for 20-30 seconds, then slowly lower your leg back down.
- Repeat on the other side.