Corner Pec Stretch

How to do it

1. Stand facing a corner and place your forearms on the walls with the elbows bent and positioned near or slightly below shoulder height as comfort allows.
2. Brace gently and step the whole body forward until you feel a mild stretch across the chest.
3. Feel the stretch across your chest, primarily in the pectoralis major.
4. Hold, then step back and relax.

Form cues

• Do not force the chest deeply into the corner or let the shoulders glide forward.
• Lower the arms if the front or top of either shoulder pinches.
• Stop for numbness or tingling into an arm or hand; pectoralis-minor involvement varies by arm height.

Dosage

3 × 20s

Muscles worked

Stretches: pectoralis major, pectoralis minor

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