Rear Cable Crossover
Keep your chest up and your shoulder girdle down and back (by keeping your lats tight) throughout the entire exercise. Keep the arms semi-straight, but not locked out. Try to not bend and straighten them at elbows, but rather keep them firmly in this semi-straight position throughout the entire exercise. Let the arms cross across the front of your body as far as possible each rep and then pull them back as far as possible at the end of each rep as well. Squeeze the entire upper back and lats as you squeeze your arms back as far as possible. You should feel all of the muscles in your entire upper back contracting as you do this. Do you best not to contract your trap muscles however. If you shrug your shoulders as you pull your shoulder back, then your traps will contract excessively. If you conversely, keep your lats tight as you pull your shoulders back, you will not excessively contract the lats.
This exercise will build good muscle definition in all of the muscles of the rear shoulders and upper back, as well as improve posture by strengthening the muscles that hold the shoulders back and prevent them from hunching.
This exercise will build good muscle definition in all of the muscles of the rear shoulders and upper back, as well as improve posture by strengthening the muscles that hold the shoulders back and prevent them from hunching.