Shoulder Exercises

Scapular Protraction – Elbows Stabilized

Muscles worked:

Serratus anterior muscles, the muscles on the side of the rib cage.

Position:

Seated – facing outward

Accessory:

Hand Grips

Pulleys:

Center Cross Bar – narrow position

START

FINISH

BeforeYou Begin:

Remove Leg Extension and adjust seat height.

Key Points:

Maintain a 90º angle between upper arms and torso throughout the exercise.

Keep elbows straight.

Do not slouch forward in the upper spine to further the motion. Maintain a very slight arch in lower back

at all times.

START

Sit grasp hand grips.

Lie head back on bench and straighten arms to front.

Be sure arms are in line with cables, palms facing down and wrists straight.

Raise chest and pinch shoulder blades. Maintain a slight, comfortable, arch in lower back.

ACTION

Keeping arms straight and pointing in the same direction of cables, slowly move shoulder blades forward off bench.

Slowly return to start position.

Movement is subtle and only occurs in shoulder.

Scapular Depression

Muscles worked:

Develops lower trapezius muscles, which stabilize and move shoulder blades.

Position:

Seated – facing outward

Accessory:

50” Bent Lat Bar

Pulleys:

Lat Tower

START

 

FINISH

 

 

 

BeforeYou Begin:

Remove Leg Extension and adjust seat height.

Key Points:

Do not lose spinal alignment, keep chest lifted.

START

Sit facing outward, knees bent, feet flat on floor.

Grasp 50” Bent Lat Bar.

Tighten trunk muscles to stabi- lize spine while maintaining a slight arch in lower back.

ACTION

Keeping arms straight, slide shoulder blades toward hips.

When shoulder blades are fully depressed, slowly return to start position.

Movement is subtle and only occurs in shoulder.

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