🔙 Cat-Cow Stretch
Alternately arch and round your back on all fours. Excellent for spinal mobility.
BackBeginnerMat3 × 10
How to do the Cat-Cow Stretch
- Start on hands and knees (tabletop)
- Inhale: drop belly, lift chest and tailbone (Cow)
- Exhale: round back, tuck chin and tailbone (Cat)
- Move smoothly and breathe
Form tips
- Move through full available range
- Quality over speed
Muscles worked
Erector spinae, Abdominals
When to be cautious
- Acute disc herniation
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