Packing Your Shoulders

Packing Your Shoulders

            Packing your shoulders when lifting is crucial to preventing injuries and getting the most out an exercise while working out.  To pack your shoulders, you need to just make and keep your shoulder blades together and compact when doing lifts that require your back to be straight.  The difference between doing a lift with or without packing your shoulders can be the difference between and injury and a well spent time exercising.

Exercises that are crucial for packed shoulders are:

·         Barbell curls

·         RDLs

·         Dead lifts

·         Pull-ups

·         Bent over rows

·         Bench press

·         Inclined bench press

·         Dumbbell flies

·         Dumbbell press