- Grab a dumbbell in each hand.
- Bend your knees slightly and hinging forward from your hips so that your upper body is leaning comfortably forward towards the floor.
- Hold the dumbbells out together in front of your torso with your arms as straight as possible.
- Pull the dumbbells out away from your body while keeping your arms almost fully extended, as if you were trying to squeeze your shoulder blades together.
- Slowly return to the original position, still keeping your arms straight.
- Repeat the movement until the set is complete!
2. Shoulder Rope Pull
- Stand with the rope in between your legs.
- Keeping your arms straight (elbows slightly bent), pull the rope up from the floor to your shoulder height, hold for a count of two seconds, and slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat until the set is complete.
3. Bent Over Row
You can either use dumbbells or a barbell for this exercise
- Hold dumbbells in each hand or take a barbell and allow it to hang in front of you.
- Hinging forward from your waist, keep your knees slightly bent and keep your back straight.
- Drive your elbows back while squeezing your shoulder blades together. Hold for 1 second, and go back to the starting position slowly.
- Repeat the movement.
*If you have lower back problems, try to find an alternative for this exercise like a seated row.
4. Lateral Raise
*Can complete this exercise sitting down on a bench, or standing up. Tis is also combined with squats in our workouts.
- Stand up straight with your feet shoulder width apart and have dumbbells by your side at arms length away. When performing this exercise your palms should be facing down.
- Keep your abs pulled into your spine, your torso stationary and raise the dumbbells to your side with a slight bend at your elbow. Lif your arms until they are parallel to the floor (shoulder level) and pause for a second at the top
- Lower the dumbbells back down slowly and repeat.
