07/11/2019
Wait!… Rewind!…
Where were your shoulders while you were doing your plank, your bent over row, your lunge or your squat last workout?
If you don’t pay attention where you put your body throughout your exercise, you will not get the benefits you’re looking for, instead you can end up with pain and injury.
Maintaining the correct posture while exercising will give you all the strengthening benefits and also a better posture.
When I am coach I need to remind my Hearty Bodies about their shoulder technique while performing many different exercises. So I decided to share a few tips for you to keep in mind during your next workout.
REMEMBER, All the exercises I am going to list have other things to think about while you perform them. Today we are just focusing on shoulder positioning.
PLANK
- Your shoulders should be directly above elbows or wrists for full plank
- Pull your shoulders away from the neck
SQUAT
- Don’t round your back
- Keep your shoulders back and down, and your chest pushed out
LUNGE
- Keep your upper body upright all the time
- Do not lean the upper body forward
CHEST PRESS
- Maintain your shoulders back and down
LEG RAISES
- Keep you back muscles contracted
- Press the shoulders against the floor
BENT OVER ROW
- Don’t hunch your back
- Pinch your shoulder blades together
- Keep shoulders back and down
Keeping your shoulders away from your ears (unless you’re doing a shoulder shrug!) and avoiding rounding the back is true for most of the exercises and for maintaining a good posture.
Hands up if you are going to focus on your shoulders next time?!
Keep safe and get those amazing results!
💪🏼😘
