Peak Health

Shoulder CARs

Shoulders · Chest · Lats · Middle back · Bodyweight

How to do it

  1. Stand or kneel tall with the ribs down and the neck long. Make a fist and lock the elbow of the working arm.
  2. Draw the largest pain-free circle you can with that arm: raise it forward and up, rotate the palm as you pass overhead, then continue around behind you and back to the start.
  3. Keep the ribcage still. Do not arch the back or shrug to gain range.
  4. Move slowly and stay in a range you can control without pain.
  5. Finish the set in one direction, reverse the circle, then switch arms.
Primary muscle
Shoulders
Secondary muscles
Chest · Lats · Middle back
Equipment
Bodyweight
Sides
One side at a time
Directions
Forward, then backward

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