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Seated Weighted Shoulder Flexion

The Seated Weighted Shoulder Flexion is an excellent weighted mobility drill to open shoulders for handstand work.

  • Type Of Exercise: Mobility
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Barbell, Weighted Dowel

Seated Weighted Shoulder Flexion

  1. Begin sitting cross legged on the floor.
  2. Grab a weighted bar with a shoulder-width grip and raise it overhead.
  3. Shrug your shoulders to your ears, straighten your elbows, and sit up tall.
  4. Pull your arms behind your ears, tighten your core, and lean forward, hinging at your hips.
  5. As you lean forward, you must maintain a maximal shoulder shrug and keep a straight line from your hips to your hands.
  6. Hold the forward lean for time. If the bar drops down and your shoulder angle closes, reset and try again with a more suitable weight and/or forward lean.
  • Exercise: Supine Weighted Flexion
  • Type of Exercise: Mobility
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Barbell, Weighted Dowel
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