MONDAY MOVE

A Posture-Perfecting Exercise You May Not Have Tried

Your shoulders will love you for this

Anna Maltby
Better Humans
Published in
4 min readApr 26, 2021

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There’s a muscle in your torso I’d guess you haven’t thought about lately (if ever), and it could probably use some attention: your serratus anterior. The serratus muscles connect your ribcage to each shoulder blade, which means that neglecting them can cause “winging,” or the shoulder blades flaring out. When the serratus muscles are strong, the shoulder blades effortlessly plug back and down into place, which in turn broadens the…

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Editor and writer. Past: Elemental, Real Simple, Refinery29, SELF. Certified personal trainer; prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist. Cat & person mom.