How to do Chest Expansion

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Difficulty: Easy

Impact Level: Low

Target Body Parts: upper back, chest, shoulders

Instructions

Stand with feet shoulder width apart! Bring your hands up to your shoulders placing your fingertips at the top of your shoulders, elbows pointing forward keep your breathing at a normal pace, and move your elbows out to your sides in a horizontal plane, at the end of the motion bring the elbows back to starting position. Keep your spine straight through the entire motion.

How to make Chest Expansion easier

This exercise can be performed seated.

How to make Chest Expansion more challenging

From here try our Arm Circles exercise

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