Fitness / Strength Training
Face Pulls and Rear Delt Training: Shoulder Health and Posture Benefits
The face pull is a cable exercise that targets the posterior deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, and rotator cuff muscles (infraspinatus and teres minor). Research shows that strengthening the external rotators may help mitigate characteristics associated with subacromial impingement syndrome. Face pulls and rear delt work are essential for shoulder balance, injury prevention and posture correction — especially for lifters who do a lot of pressing.
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