Back · Bodyweight
Standing Reach-up Back Rotation Stretch
How to do the standing reach-up back rotation stretch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and reach both arms overhead. Lengthen through one side, then slowly rotate your torso to look behind you, opening the chest and upper back. Hold the reach and rotation, breathe, then return and repeat to the other side.
- 1Length through your side body and lats as you reach up
- 2An open stretch across the chest as you rotate
- 3Your spine rotating smoothly with hips facing forward
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips swing around with the rotation
- Arching the lower back to reach higher
- Rushing the twist instead of moving with control
Muscles worked
The standing reach-up back rotation stretch mainly works the lats, with the mid chest, obliques, upper chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- LatsPrimary
- Mid ChestSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.