Cathe are you there?(&if so can you answer this?)

[gettingfitmom]

When doing chest flys w/ 20lb. weights, I feel as if i'm pullingup from the inside of the elbow...is this right? hurtful? no big deal?... thanks Kay

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Kay! Keep your arms in the "oak tree" position....meaning that you imagine your arms wrapped around the oak tree and this amount of curve in each arm never changes. Your arms will lower to the side and raise to the top but the actual amount of bend/curve in each arm will remain the same no matter what point of the exercise you are in. See if this helps!

Awareness tip:
Many people don't realize that they open their angle even wider at the bottom of the movement and this stresses the shoulder and elbow joint.

 

[cheval]

What a great tip. I'll bet this will help me a lot. Thanks.

April

 

[gettingfitmom]

Thanks Cathe! I'll keep hugging the oak tree. Kay

 

[nenita]

This is such a great tip, and so easy to visualize and do. Thx Cathe!