Round The World Shoulder Stretch

How to perform

1. 01Stand up straight with your legs together, holding a bodybar or broomstick.
2. 02Hold the pole behind your hips with a wider than shoulder width grip. Your palms should be down and your thumbs facing out.
3. 03Slowly lift your arms up behind your head. Don't force it if it gets hard to lift further.

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.