Exercise

Cobra Stretch

The cobra stretch opens the chest, shoulders, and hip flexors while extending the thoracic spine. Use your arms to control the depth of the stretch and avoid hyperextending your lower back by engaging your core and keeping your shoulders relaxed.

Also called: Cobra Pose, Bhujangasana · Equipment: stretching

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How to do it

Step by step

  1. Lie face down on the floor with your legs extended and the tops of your feet on the ground.
  2. Place your hands under your shoulders, elbows tucked close to your ribs.
  3. Press through your hands and straighten your arms to lift your chest off the ground.
  4. Keep your hips on the floor and your shoulders relaxed away from your ears.
  5. Hold for 20-30 seconds and breathe deeply.
Muscles worked

What it trains

Mainly Abdominals.

Programming

What the research says

Alternatives · VALDA FLEX

Swap it mid-workout

With VALDA Pro, FLEX offers alternatives like these when you swap an exercise mid-workout.

Log the cobra stretch in VALDA, with these cues one tap away while you train and your history for it in one place.

General information about exercise technique, not medical advice. If you have an injury or a health condition, your healthcare provider is the right person to ask.