Purpose: Strength – upper back
Exercise Description
- Lying face down on mat, pelvis and spine in neutral
- Elbows bent, inline with shoulders and in a U shape on the floor
- Palms down
- Shoulders down and stabilised
- Legs shoulder distance apart
- Core engaged by 30% zip and hollow
- Inhale to prepare
- Exhale and lift both arms off floor as far as mobility will allow squeezing the shoulder blades together and down towards the heels
- Keep head and chest down
- Inhale and lower
Watch Out Points
- Keep hands and forearms at 90°
- Keep abdominal contraction – zip and hollow, do not push stomach into floor as you lift
- Focus on squeezing shoulder blades
- Forehead should be on the floor
- Avoid clenching buttocks
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For further information regarding correct posture at a computer please visit https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/how-to-sit-correctly/