Sentences with phrase «retracted scapula»

The ones that are needed are the depressed and retracted scapula.

- Attach a rope to a pulley station set at about chest level - Grab both ends of the rope with an overhand grip - With arms completely outstretched, step back and bend the knees slightly or even better, kneel on one leg - Retract the scapula, squeeze the rotator cuff muscles and pull the weight towards your face - Externally rotate your hands so the knuckles are facing the ceiling - Hold for one second, then slowly return to the original position

In greater detail, they are used to elevate, depress, rotate and retract the scapula, tilt and turn the neck, stabilize the shoulders, twist and support the arms and even assist in breathing.

Retract your scapulae (you can imagine trying to squeeze the partner's finger with the shoulder blades) and then pull the rope up towards your face.

When you retract the scapula and keep the spine and torso tight and rigid and in a neutral position, you engage the back muscles, putting the ligaments into a much safer and proper position.

If you don't actively retract your scapulae and try to rely on your arms to do the work, you won't last long.

The lats are responsible for pulling your arms down and depressing and retracting the scapulae.

This muscle here is the trapezius, you probably all know this one, and this muscle elevates and depresses the scapula, and it can also retract the scapula.

And these muscles attach to the scapula and they function to keep the scapula pressed against the thoracic wall, and when the trapezius is contracted they can retract the scapula.

Everyone retracts the scapula during the concentric portion, but most protract the scapula at the end of the eccentric.

The main way to train the rhomboids is to make sure that on each rep of your rowing exercises you're fully retracting the scapula and squeezing them together at the end of the motion.

Depress and retract your scapulae (pull the shoulders down and back).

Not exact matches

When you retract and depress the shoulders, rotating at the same time you scapulae towards the spine, you make your chest go out.

In case you didn't know, your trapezius muscle isn't just that meaty area around your neck — it also covers most of your upper back and its most important functions include retracting, depressing, rotating and stabilizing the scapula, all of which are cornerstones of weight training.

When your scapula is fully retracted, use your biceps to pull yourself the rest of the way up.

Feel your scapula depress and retract.

Focus on the mid and lower fibers of trapezius, serratus anterior, posterior deltoid and infraspinatus to help retract and upwardly rotate the scapula and externally rotate the humerus.

To isolate the rear delts, try to avoid using your rhomboids (keep your scapula protracted or retracted with no movement).