How To Do The Shoulder Stretch Video

Get those shoulders ready to exercise. Exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Always stretch slowly
Use stretching device
Rotate shoulder down to target deltoids
Cross arm over chest & pull on elbow
Hold for 15 to 30 seconds
Rotate arms to loosen shoulders

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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 how to do the shoulder stretch. The shoulders composed of an anterior deltoid, posterior deltoid, and the top deltoid. When you stretch a shoulder, a good way to start is nice and slow, just like any other stretching exercise, you don't want to stretch really fast, otherwise, you are going to actually, pull muscles stretching. So, we are going to put our hand flat on a stretching device, as your punching bag or a pole in a gym, or at home. You are going to slowly turn away from your arm, stretching the front of your shoulder. So, I'm feeling the stretch focused right here, I'm also feeling the stretch in my chest and my biceps, but the focus is here, and I can actually tilt may shoulder down, just a little bit more to feel that anterior deltoid. Then if I want to get the back of my shoulder, which is the posterior deltoid, I put cross my arm over, taking my opposite hand pulling forward on my elbow, and I'll feel the back of my shoulder, and I'm going to hold that for about 15 to 30 seconds. After I'm done with that, I can rotate both of my arms at the same time, really getting a full range of motion in my shoulders. Now, I'm rotating forward first, and I'll rotate them backwards like I can do anywhere between 10, 15 reps, to really feel a loose. When you go backwards, you are going to feel a little bit of tightness in your back muscles like your shoulder can't. Go on a full circle back, but that is normal. And as the more you do it, the more they will loosen up. And you can wave your arms forward, and kind of get the front of your shoulders, and the back of your shoulders at the same time. That is how you do shoulder stretches.

How to Do the Shoulder Stretch Video

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