There is a saying in the fitness industry that novices like to train their abdominal muscles the most, while experienced veterans prefer training their back muscles. A muscular back is the pursuit of many fitness experts. Of course, who doesn’t want to make their back muscle lines more beautiful, but many people don’t know what to do, and no matter how they try, the effect doesn’t seem to be very great. Then, you need to know some back stretching movements to help shape your back muscles.
Action 1: Upper back stretch
Nowadays, many people work at their desks for a long time, and their back muscles It is very stiff. Even if it is not to develop beautiful and charming back muscle lines, for the sake of your own health, you should do some upper back stretching exercises appropriately. When doing upper back stretches, we need to stand, raise our chests and raise our heads, cross our hands naturally in front of the body, and stretch forward forcefully. We can always feel that the muscles in the back have reached a state of tension, and then put our hands on the upper back. Behind your back, also cross and stretch backwards, making sure your arms are straight.
Action 2: Sitting forward bend
Sitting forward bend is also a very effective back stretching action. It is relatively simple to do and the effect is obvious if repeated many times. First, we have to sit down with our legs together, and then slowly straighten our arms to touch our feet. This is a one-time movement. This action not only shapes your back, but also exercises leg strength. However, people with waist joint problems should not try it hastily.
Action 3: Cat Stretch
When we do back stretches, especially those that are more intense, we must not forget to relax the back muscles to a certain extent and do cat stretches. It's a very good choice. Regardless of whether you are a boy or a girl, you can try this action, it is simple and easy to do. The cat stretch requires us to kneel on all fours, keeping our arms and thighs parallel, then slowly extend our back upwards, like an arched cat, and then lower down, repeating several times.