Cat-Cow
Step-by-step technique for Cat-Cow, an exercise for lower back using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Get on all fours with hands under your shoulders.
- Drop your back and look up (cow).
- Round your back up and tuck your chin (cat).
- Alternate slowly between the positions.
Coach tip: Sync the movement with your breathing.
Muscles worked
Primary: Lower Back
Secondary: Upper Back
Cat-Cow is a mobility exercise that loads the lower back using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Lower Back
- Secondary
- Upper Back
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Type
- Mobility
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