After a Grueling Upper-Body Workout, Do These 13 Stretches to Relieve Soreness

This simple and relaxing backbend will open your chest, neck, shoulders, and abs.

• Come to sit on your shins in Hero Pose.
• Interlace your hands behind you in a double fist, pressing the heels of your palms together. Pull your pressed palms toward the floor, opening through the chest and shoulders. To deepen the stretch, rest your palms on the floor behind you.
• Hold for five breaths.