Improve Upper-Body Workouts with These Muscle Engagement Tips

About this Video:
Learn how to engage your muscles to make any upper-body exercise safer and more effective with these muscle squeeze techniques, enhancing workouts and preventing injuries for healthy longevity.
Welcome to our Foundations of Fitness series! Join Shane and Carolyn from MATRIX Personalized Fitness as they guide you through muscle squeeze techniques to enhance your push-pull workout and prevent injury. Learn how to engage your pecs, rhomboids, biceps, and triceps with full range of motion squeezes followed by beneficial stretches, making your upper-body exercises safer and more effective. Discover the importance of functional strength training and movement efficiency with practical demonstrations like TRX push-ups and resistance band rows. This video is perfect for anyone beginning their fitness journey, looking to improve performance, or aiming for healthy longevity.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Video Introduction
0:18 - Horizontal Push & Pull Muscles
0:35 - The Chest (Pecs)
1:42 - The difference in stretch and squeeze
2:01 - Chest Exercise (TRX Push-up)
2:47 - Other muscles you might feel
3:05 - The Back (Rhomboids)
4:19 - Back Exercise (Row)
4:56 - Secondary Muscles (Biceps & Triceps)
5:08 - The Biceps
5:39 - The Triceps
6:16 - Conclusion
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