Fitness tip: Weighted circle and press to work shoulders

[Music] Hi everybody, it's Shauna with Action News's fitness tip. I'm at the AB apartments in King of Pressia. Grab some weights. We're going to put those arms and back to work. So, bringing the weights right up in front of your body. Little bend in your knees. Abs engaged. Roll your shoulders down. We're going to create a little circle. Flipping our palms up towards the ceiling, then back down. Then pulling our arms backward. Right. So, the elbow and the shoulder are in alignment. press it forward. So, we're just going to create this little circle. Pull back and press forward. This is an amazing exercise because it targets your shoulders. If you get a little bit of a bicep thing here, you feel it, you will. And then when we pull our arms back, we are pinching our shoulder blades together. So, we're really strengthening our back muscles. Now, listen. Pro tip. You don't want to go too heavy here because if you go too heavy with your weight, you're also going to compromise form, but you're also going to pull at your neck, right? And a lot of people when they're doing any type of shoulder exercise, they tend to strain their neck or they're raising their shoulders. If you find that you're doing that, please drop your weight a little bit lower and try again. Right? Safety, good form always comes first, okay? It's not about how heavy you lift. It's about you doing it safely, correctly, and actually feeling the benefits of doing it in those ways, too. So, let's do it again. You want to You want to? Come on. Let's do it. We're going to tap the weights together. So, create the circle and pull back. Making sure you are breathing in through your nose, out through your mouth. Listen, it's summer time. Let's get sexy shoulders and strong back. Like, that's what it's about. And I'm telling you, this exercise in particular will definitely show you a difference if you're consistent with it. So give it a try today.