These muscles are involved in pushing the sternum chest bone forward and pulling the shoulder blades back.
Floor prone cobra muscles worked.
Contract the glute muscles and position the arms straight down to the front of the body at shoulder level.
Brace the whole body.
The palms lie on the floor.
Core exercise lie facedown on the floor with your legs straight and your arms next to your sides palms down.
For this reason prone cobra extensions are a posture correction exercise for individuals with an increased kyphosis rounded upper back.
Simultaneously raise your arms and rotate your palms to face away from you point your thumbs into the air.
Similarly if you feel you need padding or support put a rolled towel or small pillow under your forehead.
Raise them as high as comfortably possible.
Lay your front on the floor or a fitness mat.
It is a slow and controlled motion.
Best of all you can do it anytime anywhere without any equipment.
Posted on november 7 2015 by kris easeup admin the floor cobra is one of the best exercises to reverse the forward head position and to strengthen the muscles between the shoulder blades.
Place your forehead on the floor.
Lie face down on the floor with your palms turned up toward the ceiling.
The prone position tends to increase the arch in your low back so if this is uncomfortable put a pillow under your abdominal area.
Stretch out the legs backward the arms are next to the body.
Lift upper body arms and legs simultaneously.
Extend your hips and spine so that your legs and torso rise off the floor and into the air.
Lie face down on an exercise mat with your legs straight and arms against your sides.
Hold the tension for a few seconds and come back to the starting position slowly.
Contract your glutes and the muscles of your lower back and raise your head chest arms and legs off the floor.
Simultaneously rotate your arms so that your thumbs point toward the ceiling.
Prone cobra extensions are a beginners exercise for strengthening the lower trapezius and rhomboids muscles.
How to do prone cobra.
Begin exercise by raising your legs chest head and arms off the ground.
Lie prone on your stomach.