# @elastaboy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVgVz3AEfZ-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61353657-elastaboy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/237b811b2d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-05T14:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jake Blundell (@elastaboy) — https://gondola.cc/elastaboy

## Caption

This one stretch undoes more damage from sitting than anything else you’ll find in a gym.

Most people spend years doing it wrong — rounding their back, straining their neck, wondering why nothing changes.

Here’s the 3-step method that actually works:

Step 1 — The Standing Pancake. Hinge, don’t round. Flat back, always.
Step 2 — The Horse Stance. Open the hips and build the strength to hold the position.
Step 3 — The Seated Reach. Pull your chest forward with your hip flexors. Don’t just collapse into it.

5 minutes a day. That’s all it takes to start undoing what years of sitting have done to your body.

Save this for later. Your hips will thank you.

#mobility #pancakestretch #flexibility #hippain #backpain calisthenics stretching modernhuman functionalfitness bodyweighttraining

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## Tags

mobility, pancakestretch, flexibility, hippain, backpain

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