Chest Stretching exercise for Taiji Warm-up Exercises

5) Chest Stretching exercise
Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart. Raise both arms horizontally in front of the chest with the palms facing down, elbows bent and fingers pointing towards each other. Move both elbows backwards and sideways twice so that the chest opens. (Fig 2-10) Then bring the forearms in front of your chest so that the right one is above the left one. This time move both arms back rotating them so that the palms face up and the whole arm is extended fully. After another two repetitions return to the starting position and repeat the first exercise with the elbows. Do both movements eight times. (Fig 2-11)