Sentences with phrase «engage upper back»

Although there are many variations on the push - up, the basic principal remains the same: Engage your upper back, shoulders, and arms to lift your body weight off the floor, then slowly lower it back down.

So, if we train facedown in the configuration of a Push Up and we engage the upper back muscles in the rear of the neck to stabilize the head, you are going to find a ton of new new benefits to the drill.

Before actively using the hands to lift you up, engage the upper back, that space right between where your shoulder blades are.

With that supported base, you can focus more on the proper alignment of the rest of the body, including squaring the hips, lifting up from the breastbone, engaging your upper back, and staying active in the standing leg.

Try to balance the dhanurasana between your engaged legs and engaged upper back to correct hyper - openness in your back.

Not exact matches

More specifically, behind - the - back shrugs will engage more of your middle traps and help you add thickness, while front shrugs emphasize upper traps.

Keeping your arm fixed and straight and your abs engaged, rotate your upper body to the left, then back to centre.

Bend your elbows straight back and squeeze your upper outer arms (or place your knees in your armpits), engage your core, and lift your feet up off the floor.

Grabbing the barbell with your hands, place the barbell on the muscles of your upper back (trapezius) and squeeze the shoulder blades together to engage the muscles of your upper back so the bar is secure.

Engaging your upper - back muscles, slowly lift your chest off the floor, while your arms remain lifted at your sides.

Engage your glutes and lift the hips up as high as you can while keeping the upper back on the floor.

The flat dumbbell fly primarily works the chest and shoulders but also engages the rhomboids at the upper back and the biceps as stabilizing muscles.

These are very tiny movements that should make you feel the back of your upper thighs and glutes engaging.

This, in turn, forces the shoulder blades to come together and engages more muscles from the upper back.

Engage your lower back and lift your legs and upper body at the same time, drawing your elbows in to your sides.

Engage your lower back and lift your upper and lower body smoothly, bringing your legs and arms off the ground.

Use the same good form — straight body line, back is actively engaged (not arched), core is tight and keep that upper body alignment — hands are stacked right below your shoulders.

Engage your lower back, smoothly lifting your upper and lower body, bringing your legs and arms off the ground at the same time.

The rotation engages both the abs and lower back and the row engages the lats, making this a great compound upper body exercise.

The upper back musculature is now engaged and brings their shoulders back, but not to the point of overextension.

This is actually a very good thing as the angle and arc of the push engages the upper chest more than the lower chest (because you're pushing up and back, away from the safety rail).

The movement forces your upper back to be engaged.

And this one is «too soft» (notice how my abdominals are not engaged at all, how my low back is arched into extreme lordosis, and how — as a consequence — my upper back «hunches» and my shoulders draw forward):

-- Keeping your arms settled and straight, and your abs engaged, you should then rotate your upper body to the left, then back to center, and then to the right, and then back to center.

The shoulders and upper back must remain engaged.

In other words, we need to actively engage posterior neck muscles and upper back to increase blood flow to the area and do it in a way that is not as stressful and passive as Fish pose.

Your upper back should be nice and tight, and you should feel your lats engaged.

Instead, take a moment to push the floor away with your hands, broadening across your upper back and engaging your lower belly to support your lower back.

I find it helpful to «lean back» a little to engage more my upper back as well.

Keep your upper back engaged and squeeze the shoulder blades together.

Though it's a lower body exercise, it engages core stabilizing muscles including the abs and lower back to stabilize your upper body throughout the movement.

Today you'll do a seated upper body workout to firm and tone the arms, but, the way you're sitting will engage your tummy and back muscles.