Step 4 of 9 · Stretch Routine You Can Do at a Desk
Doorframe chest and shoulder opener
Doorframe chest and shoulder opener — step 4 of 9 in Stretch Routine You Can Do at a Desk. Stand in a doorframe. Place forearms on both sides at roughly 90 degrees (elbows at shoulder height).
Free health & fitness tip: Doorframe chest and shoulder opener (step 4 of 9 from "Stretch Routine You Can Do at a Desk").
Stand in a doorframe. Place forearms on both sides at roughly 90 degrees (elbows at shoulder height). Step one foot through until you feel a stretch across the chest and front shoulder. Hold 30 seconds. This reverses the rounded-forward position keyboards enforce.
If you do not have a doorframe, place one palm on a wall at shoulder height and rotate your body away. Hold each side 30 seconds. The key is opening the front, not forcing the shoulder back.
Pro tip: Keep ribs down. Arching the low back is not a chest stretch — it is cheating.
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