I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. A hand on your head, you pull slowly to tilt your head to the side. This exercise stretches the sternocleidomastoid, all (anterior, middle and posterior) scalenes muscles, the upper part of the trapezius, splenius capitis , splenius cervicis , semispinalis and […]
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Standing with legs slightly apart. Your back straight with an arm your the back, Take your wrist with the other hand and pull slowly outwards and downwards to fell the stretch of the deltoid (rear and middle) and trapezius. Variant To
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. Suspended at the fixed bar with the hands apart and with a pronated grip (thumb inwards) : Inhale and exhale slowly focusing on the relaxation of your body. This allows you to relax your back and rebalance the pressure inside the intervertebral
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and I learned good stuff. This exercise is to be done with a support like a machine or a squat rack. Standing with your legs slightly apart : Incline your chest forward and with your arm stretched, grab a stable support. Place your palm of the other
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing with your arm outstretched, grip to a support with your hand to slowy rotate your torso on the opposite side of the support. This exercise mainly works the major pectoralis, anterior deltoid and brachii biceps. Variant : It’s advisable to place
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing with an arm to the horizontal. You take your elbow with your opposite hand and you pull slowly on your arm to bring your elbow to the opposite shoulder. Keep this position for 30 seconds to feel the stretch. This
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing with a dumbbell in one hand. You bend your bust forward by holding yourself to a machine (or with a incline bench). Release your arm and let hang the dumbbell for a minute trying to relax your shoulder. This exercise
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I read a Frederic Delavier’s book « Strength Training Anatomy » and there is good stuff. Standing legs spreads to shoulers width. Your arms stretched behind your back with your fingers crossed. Push your arms as far back as possible and raise your arms slowly. Pull out your torso and try to touch your torso with your
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