FitnessVideo: 5 movements to strengthen the middle and lower trapezius muscles
Many people tend to focus only on the upper side when exercising the trapezius muscles, ignoring the exercise of the middle and lower bundles!
Due to poor sitting posture and unbalanced training (too much focus on training the front pectoral muscles and front triangle), for most people, the middle and lower trapezius muscles are weak!
Insufficient muscle strength and insufficient tension in the middle and lower trapezius muscles will cause the scapula to lose stability; a series of bad postures: shoulders moving forward, lifting, internal rotation, and hunchback with chest included. Scapula valgus and more!
Therefore, strengthening the strength training of the middle and lower trapezius muscles is very important!
The main function of the middle part of the trapezius muscle is to retract the scapula, and the main function of the lower part is to rotate upward and lower the scapula, so we need to include these joint movements when designing training movements!
Today I bring you a great video tutorial. Several of the movements in the video are simple and easy-to-learn single-joint movements. They are very helpful for beginners. You can also include them in daily training. The beginning of the training, as the activation of formal training!