Starting Position

• Lying facedown on ball with your arms raised slightly above shoulder height, create a Y, with your torso and thumbs up, holding weights

Procedure

• Glide your shoulder blades toward your spine and lift your arms off the ball. Return to the starting position and repeat to complete your reps
• For the T, pull your shoulder blades in toward your spine and extend your arms to the sides to create a T with your torso

Coaching Keys

• Keep your stomach tight and your thumbs up
• Move from the scapulae (the shoulder blades), not from your arms, extending your shoulders and hands

You Should Feel It

• In your shoulders and upper back

© Core Performance

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