Stretching · Stretching and mobility · No equipment

Thread the Needle

Thread the Needle is a stretch for the upper back, rear delts and obliques. Hold for about 30 seconds, one side at a time.

How to stretch

On all fours, slide one arm under the body along the floor until the shoulder and cheek rest down.

Hold for about 30 seconds, one side at a time.

In Sets Ahead

Add it after a workout, or let "Stretch what you trained" pick it for the muscles you worked. The timer counts the hold.

Muscles stretched

Log it in Sets Ahead

Sets Ahead works out your next set of thread the needle, and every other lift, from your own numbers.

Test it before release

Similar exercises

The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.

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