T H E R A B A N D R O W I N G Exercise of the week 🤸‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🏃‍♀️ ✅ good for strengthening your upper back muscles around the shoulder blades 👀 focus on: 💪 keeping your elbows close to your sides ❗️you should be drawing your shoulders and arms back, not leaning your body back to pull the band 🔁 repeat x15-20 ⏩ to make this exercise harder, hold the band further down (towards your feet) to increase resistance 💪 read the full post here

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