Chest And Front Of Shoulder Stretch

How to perform

1. 01Start off by standing with your legs together, holding a bodybar or a broomstick.
2. 02Take a slightly wider than shoulder width grip on the pole and hold it in front of you with your palms facing down.
3. 03Carefully lift the pole up and behind your head.

Form cues

• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.
• —Bouncing into the stretch instead of holding it.