When you come across a fresh patch of powdery snow, what do you do? Obviously, you fall back into it and wave your arms up and down to create a snow angel. Ironically, this childlike delight is quite similar to one of the best exercises you can do to improve your posture: wall angels.
Just trade lying down in the snow for standing up against an empty wall, and you get the general idea. Wall angels work the muscles that move your shoulder blades—your middle and lower trapezius and rhomboids in your back, and your rotator cuffs in your shoulders. They also target the postural muscles in your core that hold your trunk upright, while giving your pecs in the
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