Upper Back Stretch

What it is

This stretch effectively targets and releases tension in your middle back. It involves rounding your shoulders and reaching forward to create a gentle pull across your shoulder blades. Performing this movement helps improve flexibility and posture in your upper torso. No equipment is needed for this foundational stretch.

Technique tips

• Clasp your hands together with your thumbs pointing down.
• Gently round your upper back, letting your head drop slightly.
• Reach your clasped hands forward as far as comfortable.
• Focus on feeling the stretch across your shoulder blades.
• Breathe deeply and slowly into the stretch.
• Hold the stretch for the recommended duration.

How to track your progress

Log the hold time of each set. Straddly keeps your best hold for this exercise and tells you when you beat it, so a two-second gain does not go unnoticed.