Thoracic Bridge
The thoracic bridge is an intense stretch that every serious athlete needs if they want optimal shoulder and back health. Our program prepares your thoracic mobility in phases or bridge progressions.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Advanced
- Difficulty: Shoulders, Trapezius, Abdominals, Lats
- Equipment: Pull-up Bar
How To Bridge
- Lie on your back with your hands placed flat next to your ears.
- With your elbows and knees bent, feet flat on the floor, press through your feet to get your hips up and engage your glutes.
- Push through your hands and press your elbows as straight as possible.
- As your back arches, be sure you feel the stretch in your upper back and not your lower back.
- The progression of refinement for the full bridge is: arms straight, chest pressed forward, legs straight, and feet together in that order.
- Hold for time.
- Exercise: Mid Bridge
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Bridge Push-Up
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Triceps
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Equipment: Body Only
