On average we spend around 9.5 hours sitting per day and it has a huge impact on our posture. Endless hours of sitting can cause the muscle in your upper back to weaken causing you to slouch. As a runner, having a rounded upper back will negatively impact your running style and can lead to injuries. The bent over fly is designed to train the muscles in your upper back between your shoulder blades and spine (rhomboids), and improve your running technique, but it is often performed incorrectly.
When you bend forward fromyour waist, focus on pushing your chest bone forward, which in turn will keep your back flat, and
• Lower with control
squeezing your shoulder blades together. This will help you to maintain the correct bent-over posture to perform the move. To ensure you lift your arms up high enough do the exercise in front of a mirror initially. It’s important to focus on squeezing your shoulder blades together throughout the range of motion. By doing the move slowly with light weights you’ll be able to spot your arm position and lift them up to the correct height.
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