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Worlds Greatest Stretch
How to do the worlds greatest 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
- Timed hold
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Mobility
See it in motion
How to do it
Begin in a lunge, bring one hand to the ground, rotate the opposite arm toward the sky, then alternate sides.
- 1Feel a stretch through your hip flexors, hamstrings, and groin as you lunge and reach
- 2Keep your chest lifted and spine long to deepen the stretch
- 3Engage your core to stabilize and breathe deeply
Common mistakes
- Avoid collapsing your torso toward the ground
- Don't let your front knee track inward
- Avoid rushing; hold each portion of the stretch to feel it
Muscles worked
The worlds greatest stretch works the obliques, hamstrings, and hip flexors.
- ObliquesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- GlutesMinor
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The AI builds your whole program, drops the right lifts into each workout, and adjusts your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed April 2026.