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superman - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

superman

prone exercise lifting chest and arms overhead to strengthen back extensors and posterior chain.

Starting position
prone
Joints
shoulder, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
gluteus maximus, deltoid, erector spinae, trapezius, rhomboids
Goal
postural correction, stability, endurance
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the stomach with legs straight forward, elevate the arms overhead. Lift the head, arms and upper chest off the floor, lower the arms,head and upper chest to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.