Tough Chord for me. Best and Fastest way to stretch?

[Spacelord]

I am trying to play this chord and having troubles. I can bar with my 1st finger alone its OK. However, when I apply the 2nd finger on the D string I have a hard time keeping enough pressure with the 1st finger at the G string to get a good note. I am assuming I need to get my hands/fingers stretched and used to this. Are there any good excercises to allow me to play this chord cleanly.. or should I just keep practicing this chord until everything finally streches into place over time?
Thanks for any advice.

E | |1| | | | |4|
B | |1| | |3| | |
G | |1| | | | | |
D | |1| |2| | | |
A | |1| | | | | |
E 0 | | | | | | |
    14

(FYI, this chord is from the Wild Stringdom book as one of Al's warmup excercises)

[Spivonious]

E | |1| | | | |4|
B | |1| | |3| | |
G | |1| | | | | |
D | |1| |2| | | |
A | |1| | | | | |
E 0 | | | | | | |
    14

stretching exercises - check out Petrucci's Rock Discipline video. He has some good ones right at the beginning.

playing that chord cleanly - practice. It sounds more like a hand strength issue than a stretching one.

[tanpsi]

When I saw "Fastest way to stretch" it made my wrist hurt!! definitly take it slow.

I don't do separate stretching exersises, but I'm sure alot of people here can help.

One tip I can give is try to practice it higher on the neck where the frets are closer together, and then move it back down where you need it to be for the song

[Spacelord]

haha.. ok I didn't mean FASTEST way to stretch.. I suppose I meant the most effective way to get to the point where i can play this.
Honestly, I only try this once in a while.. but I noticed the other day I can get it much better than I could when I tried it a few weeks ago when I posted this.

[charvelguy]

For me, thats actually not to bad to play at the 14th. I started off trying it at the 2nd and that hurt. Then I shifted the whole chord to an open position to get the feel for it. I do some pretty aggressive stretchs while coming up with ideas sometimes..trying to find new chord voicings. For me, alot of overcoming the tension and muscle stress is accommadating for a different thumb or arm position even then I sometimes get a little burn if I hold it long.