How to Do the Cat Stretch
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💪 Lower Back, Middle Back, Traps🏋️ Bodyweight📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Position yourself on the floor on your hands and knees.
- Pull your belly in and round your spine, lower back, shoulders, and neck, letting your head drop.
- Hold for 15 seconds.
Muscles worked
The Cat Stretch primarily targets your Lower Back, with support from your Middle Back, Traps. No equipment needed — train it anywhere.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Cat Stretch slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.