How to Do the Overhead Stretch
💪 Abdominals, Chest, Forearms, Lats, Triceps🏋️ Bodyweight📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Standing straight up, lace your fingers together and open your palms to the ceiling. Keep your shoulders down as you extend your arms up.
- To create a full torso stretch, pull your tailbone down and stabilize your torso as you do this. Stretch the muscles on both the front and the back of the torso.
Muscles worked
The Overhead Stretch primarily targets your Abdominals, with support from your Chest, Forearms, Lats, Triceps. No equipment needed — train it anywhere.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Overhead Stretch slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.