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How to Do Chair Lower Back Stretch

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the chair lower back stretch.

How to do it

1. Sit upright on a chair.
2. Bend to one side with your arm over your head. You can hold onto the chair with your free hand.
3. Hold for 10 seconds, and repeat for your other side.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.