How To Do The Anterior Shoulder Stretch Video

Limber up your shoulders. Exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Use a pole, punching bag or handle
Lean away from your arm as you stretch
Fully straighten arm as the stretch increases
Hold 15 to 30 seconds

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Tom Clifford has a degree in physical education, fitness and health from Eastern Michigan University, where he ran track and cross-country. Tom has worked as a personal trainer for two years. He also has a separate business where he coaches runners and triathletes for upcoming events. He currently works at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, North Carolina.

TOM CLIFFORD: Now, I'm going to demonstrate to you how to stretch the anterior shoulder. Anterior shoulders are the front of your shoulder. It plays a big part when you are doing chest exercises, when you are doing inclined chest, you hit the anterior shoulder, and when you are obviously doing shoulder exercises. But the stretching anterior shoulder is very similar to the chest stretch. You can start out by putting your hand flat on a pole, or in this case, a punching bag, and turn to the outside, away from your arm, you are going to feel a stretch running all the way to your chest, all the way from the front of your shoulder down to your arm, and you will hold that for about 15 to 30 seconds. You can switch side after that, to the other side, and again, anterior shoulder is the front of your shoulder. You start out by hand flat on the pole, turn on the outside nice and slowly, as usual, always do your stretches nice and slow. That is how you stretch anterior shoulder.

How to Do the Anterior Shoulder Stretch Video

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