Equestrian Fitness, Corrective Exercise 4: Scapular Wall Slide

This is perfect for pulling those rounded shoulders back, combine this with the Chin Tuck and you’ll be sitting tall on your horse with the shoulders back and down 🥳

We are using this exercise to strengthen the muscles which help to hold our shoulders back (the mid traps), these are often stretched and weak, due to our bad postural habits 😬 It is also a good stretch for the pectoral muscles which are tight, hence the rounded shoulders. Essentially we need to create an equilibrium between the two ☺️

Another bonus of this exercise is that it helps to stabilise the shoulder 🙌

Do this for 10 reps, a minimum of 5 days a week for 4 weeks - no excuse for you horse to be on the forehand 😉 Help yourself and help your horse 💗

Mel x