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Also known as: Wrist flexors stretch fingers back, Rear facing wrist stretch palms down.

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Technique

  1. Get on all fours, with the palms flat on the ground, and rotate your hands out all the way until your fingers are facing back.
  2. You should feel a stretch in your forearms.
  3. Do gentle bounces or little circles back to intensity the stretch.

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Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Forearms

Secondary

  • Rotator cuff
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Chest

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Flexibility
Joint movements
Shoulderexternal rotation
Wristextension
trains stretches

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Progressions

w010

Thorough wrists warmup

Intermediate
e08u

Wrist flexors stretch neutral

Beginner
e08w

Wrist flexors stretch internal rotation

Beginner
e0xu

Palms down fingers forward elbows rotations

Beginner
e08k

Knee palm raise

Beginner
e0xx

Palms down fingers to the sides side-to-side

Beginner
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