If You Sit For Work, You NEED These Stretches

Hey gang! For those of you who sit for work all day, these are the top stretches I recommend for undoing the damage of sitting. They target the hip flexors, the biggest internal rotators of the torso and your spinal mobility. Of course, each of us is different and other stretches may be necessary, depending on the individual. A groin stretch, some neck stretches (SCM and levator scapulae), and upper traps come to mind. But overall, the 4 stretches in this video will help *anyone* who sits for long hours at their job. Make sure to do resistance training as well to strengthen the opposing lengthened muscles and focus on good sitting posture! I hope the advice helps you!


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[Stuffinathor]

Aaaw I really appreciate that you didn't ignore the cat for the sake of the video and gave them a little pat. ☺

[aussiejon]

As a postie driving a three wheel electric vehicle in a sitting position for up to 6 hours a day, I’ll be doing these stretches daily 👍🏻

[MatthewReiser]

2-3 sets @30 seconds of:
1. Half-kneeling / Hip flexor
2. Doorway pectorals
3. Table laterals
4. Spinal extension (McKenzie press-up)

[osilva]

Love this! Sometimes I forget to do these. I don't sit much and especially not for work, but I always feel better when I do these . Thanks for the reminder!💞

[CallaLily]

Thank you! This is very simplistic and approachable. I’m going to set up a schedule to incorporate theses stretches daily. Always grateful for the content you share on this channel!

[IvoryKeys]

My cat literally walked around me while I was watching and doing these stretches, too! 😹

[santiagobrito]

Just what I needed! I started college recently and spend a lot of time sitting down, this will certainly help

[goky]

Thank you for sharing such a phenomenal video. It has proven to be precisely what I required- concise, uncomplicated, and exceptionally elucidated. It brings me immense pleasure to divulge that I have already implemented some of the invaluable pointers you provided, and have witnessed first-hand their remarkable efficacy. Such an affirmation instills unwavering faith in the potential of the exercises you have encouraged, and I harbour no reservations about their profound effectiveness.

[gimnyfj]

teens should be learning this sort of content in physical education, i hope they are, i know i did not in louisiana! correcting bad posture is so basic that left unchecked creates and exacerbates many fundamental problems that makes life way more difficult than it needs to be, thank you for sharing your routines MTG.

[mikeskylark]

Very well explained. It's impressive how much of human physiology you have learned over the years, Ryan.

[karjar]

This is so helpful - especially the hip flexor stretch. Thank you!!

[traci]

Muscles just start to relax at 30 seconds so if you can hold each stretch longer. Any stretching you do that targets tight hips is well worth it

[Bulazs]

Thanks I really needed some "quick" but effective counter mesure to lots of sitting that I can do every day without losing much time!

[hiddenflowerto]

Great advice. Simple, safe, and effective!

[jessicaowen]

Great stretches, amazing to feel everything opening up with the stretches

[Rdreamr]

Thank you for posting this, i will be doing it regularly, as i also work a job involving a lot of sitting.

[marycwhelan]

Great tips! And I love the way your cat stepped in to help 😹

[SuperEdo]

Fantastic video Ryan thank you so much!

[Pushups_press_play]

Love your work brother. Great stretches and really nice tutorial format :)

[paullemay]

Thank you for sharing these stretches. I will e adding them to my daily routine. 🌱💚🇨🇦