Chest Stretch With Exercise Ball

Sit on an exercise ball with your feet flat on the floor and knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Place your hands on your hips. Slowly walk your feet forward as you roll the ball forward. Allow the ball to support your lower back as you lean back and extend your arms out to the sides. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds, breathing deeply. Then, slowly walk your feet back to the starting position and repeat the stretch for desired repetitions.

How to perform the Chest Stretch With Exercise Ball

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Chest Stretch With Exercise Ball using your stability ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your pectoralis major.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your pectoralis major rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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