Exercise of the Week: Scap / Yoga Push Up Combo

Here's a nice combo exercise to use as part of your warm up The first part of the exercise is a scapular push up which is trying to establish retraction and protraction of the scapula. Notice that the elbows do not bend.

The second part of the exercise is basically a downward dog, hence the "yoga' in naming the exercise. Here we're trying to establish thoracic extension.