WHY WE PULL

WHY WE PULL

We talked last week about shoulder health as it relates to posture.  

If your workout program is heavy on pushing (bench press, overhead pressing, and pushups) you may have disproproportionately strong front delts and pecs.  When these muscles are over developed relative to the rear delts, traps and lats, they can naturally pull our shoulders toward the front.  Not good. 

Make sure your program includes a large dose of vertical, horizontal and single arm pulling.  Some examples of these are dumbbell rows, pullups, chinups, bent over rows, face pulls, band pull aparts and shrugs.  

If you are a CrossFitter, get to the gym a little early and do a few sets of rows as a warmup each day.  You're posture and your back will thank you. 

If we can help you with your training, send us a message!