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Cat

The Cat is a simple upper thoracic stretch and shoulder stretch. It's great after a long stretch at a desk or just to warm-up before handstands.

  • Type Of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only

Cat

  1. Begin kneeling with your hips above your knees.
  2. Slide your hands out in front of you straightening your elbows and shrugging your shoulders to your ears as your chest drops close to the floor.
  3. Keep your hips over your knees and continue to stretch your chest and arms toward the floor as you hold for time.
  • Exercise: Xiaopeng Backward
  • Type of Exercise: Mobility
  • Muscles: Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Dumbbell
  • Exercise: Reach Underneath
  • Type of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Trapezius, Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only