Demonstrating a few exercises for scapular control.this concept is very important for a lot of upper body strength movements, but also for shoulder health in general. Basically, the shoulder blades can move in four directions: depression, elevation, protraction, and retraction. In more simple words, up, down, forwards, and backwards. You should be able to have full control of all of those directions, as well as independence from one to the other. The next challenge is to see if you can apply tha

Simultaneously improve your flexibility and scapular protraction, and it’s going to be much easier to LSIT on the floor. When you’re well rounded, it makes attaining cool calisthenics move much easier! | All-Around Fitness

Arm Balance Tip Alert!! Shoulder blade PROTRACTION! To recruit your upper body strength in arm balances, you need to actively protract your shoulder blades or abduct them. You want to push AWAY from the floor and feel your shoulder blades widening and wrapping around your ribcage. This action of PUSHING while PROTRACTING your shoulder blades is what engages your existing upper body strength for arm balances! You don’t need to get strongER, you need to learn to engage the strength you already hav