Image Source: Andrea Speir
This exercise gives you tension as you draw the arms down (imagine you're doing lat pulldowns at the gym). "I love this because you get that nice big opening in the chest and shoulders as well (much needed when we are squinting into Zoom calls all day)," Speir said.
- Roll your towel in a long tube and place one end in each hand.
- Start standing with your arms straight overhead.
- Bend your elbows and draw your arms back behind your head, opening the chest and looking up toward the ceiling.
- Press your arms back up toward the ceiling.
- Sweep your arms forward and down in front of your hips to complete one rep.
- Complete eight reps.
