Video: Towel Exercises: Upper Back Stretch

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Extend your arms forward and round your back into a C shape. Learn how to do upper back stretches using a towel from a professional fitness instructor in this free exercise videos.

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This exercise using a towel is called the upper back stretch. And what you want to do is grab a towel out of your linen closet; a bath towel or a hand towel works just fine, and you want to be about shoulder width apart. And then moving into the upper back stretch, extend your arms forward, and just round your back into a C shape. And you want to pull your abdominal muscles in, and then just slightly gaze down to the floor. And with this stretch, really concentrate on separating the shoulder blades, opening up your upper back area through the rhomboids. Continue to breathe in and out through your nose, or if that's too difficult, in through your nose, out through your mouth. Every time you exhale, see if you could open up the shoulder blades even more. And you can hold this stretch anywhere between twenty to thirty seconds, and that's pretty much for any stretch. And this is great for those tight back areas. And that is your upper back stretch.

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Towel Exercises: Upper Back Stretch

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