Quote:
Originally Posted by Coop42
Now that my shoulders and hips are finally getting some good mobility, I'm able to do this Founder exercise. It's really good for your posture. I like it a lot. The Dr. points out that about 80% of people these days have forward posture. Most people here probably do. I like this guy he makes a lot of sense and notice how good his posture is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbibKmW4gg |
I'm very familiar with this movement. For some reason I abandoned it at the gym. Dumb.
This is also called a "prone cobra." You can do this by either lying on the floor or lying on a large swiss ball in the gym.
I used to do this but with light dumbells in either hand to increase the resistance. You can start with no weight and hold for 30 seconds. When this becomes easy do it with 1 lb. Then 2. Etc.
If you do this you are going to greatly strengthen all your posterior muscles that pull the shoulders back and open up the thoracic outlet area.