Beginner exercise

Elbow Circles

Also called Hands-on-Shoulders Circles

  • Mobility
  • Range Of Motion And Yoga

Technique

How to perform Elbow Circles

  1. Sit or stand upright and rest your fingertips on your shoulders.
  2. Keeping your fingertips in place, move your elbows forward and upward.
  3. Continue the circle outward and downward, keeping your torso still.
  4. Repeat smoothly, then reverse the direction while maintaining the same hand position.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid0.8Mover, Mobility Target
Medial Deltoid0.8Mover, Mobility Target
Posterior Deltoid0.8Mover, Mobility Target
Trapezius0.3Mover