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Scrap the hunched look and stand taller and prouder with yep, face pulls, of course.

Heres how:

Which muscles do face pulls work?

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Focusing onconcentric and eccentric contractionis crucial for building muscle, strength and stability.

I recommend roughly 3-4 sets of 6-10 reps. ## What causes poor internal shoulder rotation?

In short, more can go wrong.

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Internally rotated shoulders occur when the limbs draw toward the midline or your body’s center.

I like to use adduction, abduction, frontal, lateral, reverse and rotational moves.

Drawing the shoulders apart produces protraction, whereas retraction involves pulling the shoulder blades toward each other.

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Practicing these movements can help your shoulders deal with exercises that use protraction and retraction, like throwing.

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