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Mobility

Side Wrist Pull

This stretch works best standing. Cross your left arm over the midline of your body and hold the left wrist in your right hand down at the level of your hips. Start the stretch with a bent left arm.

Beginner

The movement

Side Wrist Pull - Start
1. Start
Side Wrist Pull - Pull
2. Pull
Side Wrist Pull - Hold
3. Hold

About This Exercise

This stretch works best standing. Cross your left arm over the midline of your body and hold the left wrist in your right hand down at the level of your hips. Start the stretch with a bent left arm.

1Setup

This stretch works best standing. Cross your left arm over the midline of your body and hold the left wrist in your right hand down at the level of your hips. Start the stretch with a bent left arm.

2Execution

Slowly straighten, pull, and lift it up to shoulder height, as pictured. Feel this stretch originate in your back, not your shoulders, and don't pull too hard on the shoulders joint. Switch sides.

Train This Exercise

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Muscles Worked

Front

Back

Secondary

How to programme it

Sets2
Default reps30
Rest60 sec
Movement patternPull
Movement typeIsolation

Equipment