Adding arms to posture
Posted on Sep 17, 2019Talking about the bench press and looking at the Tricep extension
Raising our arms above shoulder level shouldn’t affect our posture, yet so often … it does! If you are using your lats to ‘stand up straight,’ you are locking your shoulders into an unnecessary position. Your intention is most likely to be engaging your back muscles, but what you’re actually doing is just extending your arms.
So, in this video, I want to explore the idea of using your spinal extensors to stand up straight and your shoulder muscles to move your shoulder!