W-stretch
Category: Strength
6-10 reps
- Stand against a wall or similar flat surface
- Trunk upright
- Shoulders down and back
- Neutral neck, gaze straight ahead
- Keep back of hands and arms touching or as close to the wall as possible as the arms move between a W shape (elbows pointed down towards hips) and I shape (hands reaching up to the ceiling with elbows straight)
- Shrugging shoulders up towards the ears
- Cue "Shoulders down and back"
- Arms moving too far forward
- Cue "Hands and elbows touching the wall throughout the full movement"
- Shoulder activation