Shoulder
Shoulder Circle
Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms relaxed by your sides. Engage your core and maintain a tall posture.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Shoulder
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- upper trapezius
- middle trapezius
- rhomboids
Secondary muscles
- upper trapezius
- serratus anterior
- levator scapulae
Target muscles
- shoulder
How to perform
- 1
Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms relaxed by your sides.
- 2
Engage your core and maintain a tall posture.
- 3
Lift your shoulders upward toward your ears.
- 4
Roll your shoulders backward, then downward and forward in a smooth circular motion.
- 5
Continue making controlled shoulder circles for the prescribed repetitions.
- 6
Reverse the direction and perform the same number of repetitions.
- 7
Keep the movement slow, smooth, and controlled throughout the exercise.
Safety & form
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