Stretching is an important part of physical and mental health. It is a easy way to keep your flexibility as you age and maintain a steady state of recovery as muscles grows. Performing the stretch is a good way to "hit" all of your upper body muscles with one movement.

This movement can also be used as a preventative measure regarding some common injuries that can occur. While it is not a resistance exercise, it is an important movement to keep your body "young". This is a movement that we recommend you add to your arsenal of exercises/movements that you perform at least once a week.

It is also part of our stretch routine; found on our routines page, which we recommend you also perform at least once a week or at the very minimum once a month.

While this workout should be performed for all sports we have listed our top eight that can greatly benefit from this stretch. If you want to continue participating in physically demanding sports, activities, or just staying young, this is a stretch for you.