How To Strengthen Weak Upper Back Muscles
How To Strengthen Weak Upper Back Muscles. Cat-Cow Good for: mid and lower back Start. It really makes your muscles burn, and it's a great exercise to shape and tone your upper body.
Muscles worked: The main movement of this exercise is scapular retraction, which means you're pulling your shoulder blades together. Exercises to strengthen them require little equipment and can be performed as active rest between big, compound exercises, or as a warm-up or cool-down. The muscles of the chest are too tight and the muscles in the back of the spine are too weak.
Hold, then lower yourself back to the floor and repeat on the other side.
Tight hamstrings and calves often go together.
Try to maintain your lumbar arch. It doesn't matter how high the trunk lifts off of the floor but it is essential that the back muscles lengthen instead of shorten. Stand with one foot in front of the other in a heel-to-toe position.