Open Scarecrows
How to Do Open Scarecrows
- Stand strong, with your feet grounded placed at shoulder-width apart, while maintaining a tight core and flat back, pull your arms out and upwards away from your sides, leading with your elbows.
- Pause when your upper arm is parallel with the floor, and your hands are hanging down towards the floor with a 90-degree bend at the elbow joint.
- Slowly rotate your upper arm bringing your hands forward, keeping the same angle bend at the elbow.
- Continue to rotate bringing your hands up so that they are above your shoulders and next to your head.
- Pause and then slowly return to the starting position.
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Open Scarecrows Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Open Scarecrows targets shoulders and also works upper back & lower traps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Seated dual / front raises, barbell front raises and handstand walks / hand walking. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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