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 Good shoulder exercises you can do using your body weight.
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Good Body Weight Exercises -
Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
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Grip bar with hands slightly wider than shoulder width. Keep body in good alignment (abs tight, chest up, back straight). Squeeze down (depress) shoulder blades using a controlled motion, pull body up by drawing chest to the bar, keeping elbows down toward sides and forearms in line with body. Contract lat muscles fully without compromising form. While maintaining the controlled motion, return body to starting position. Do not allow body to swing. Do not allow muscles to relax before next repetition.
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Good Body Weight Exercises -
Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
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Primary Muscle Group: Inner Thigh - Adductor
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Inner Thigh - Adductor
Preparation: Begin by lying down on your right side. Bring your left leg over your right leg, keeping it bent at a 90-degree angle with your left foot planted firmly on the floor.
Breathing: Breath out on the contraction of the muscle and breath back in on the way back to the start position.
Execution: Begin Keeping your right leg straight, slowly raise it as high as possible. Contract your inner thigh and return to the start position. After finishing the desired number of repetitions, turn over and repeat the process on your left.
Comments: For added intensity, strap on ankle weights.
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Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
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Primary Muscle Group: Plyometrics - Upper Body
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Chest
Preparation: Start in a standard pushup position except your knees remain on the ground.
Execution: Lower yourself to the ground and then explosively push up so that your hands leave the ground. Catch your fall you're your hands and immediately lower yourself into a pushup again and repeat.
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Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
