Side-Lying Floor Stretch
How to do the Side-Lying Floor Stretch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Lats
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Bodyweight
How to do the Side-Lying Floor Stretch
- 1
First lie on your left side, bending your left knee in front of you to stabilize your torso (use your abdominal muscles as well to hold you upright).
- 2
Straighten your right leg and rest the right foot on the floor behind your left. Straighten your right arm over your head and gently pull on your right wrist to stretch the entire right side of the body. Switch sides.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Side-Lying Floor Stretch set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your lats volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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