Start position

Finish Position

Benefits: Aids in improving posture and shoulder girdle muscular balance, develops back, very effective at isolating the lats

Precautions: People who haven't mastered the power position, people who don't know how to retract their scapulae, knee elbow or shoulder problems

Main Joint Actions and Muscles Used: Scapular Retraction=mid trapezius and rhomboids, Shoulder Extension=latissimus dorsi, triceps long head and posterior deltoid, Elbow Flexion= Biceps brachii, brachialis and brachioradialis

Alternative Erector Spinae stretch for lower back

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