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Upper Back & Rear Delts (PD Muscle Series) | PD Podcast Ep.189

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We have made it to our last installment in our Muscle Series and today we're covering both the upper back and rear delts. These two muscle groups are used in everyday life and most of the time you may not even notice!

Listen in as Sue and Alex cover their favorite exercises, some common mistakes you may be making, and execution cues to get the most out of your upper back and rear delt training.

Be sure to download the FREE upper back & rear delts cheat sheet so you can follow along with this week's episode!

As always, it is our goal not only to supply you, the listener, with valuable insights on the topics or questions but also to plant some seeds for further research and thought. Be sure to like and subscribe and leave us a review if you loved this episode!

Timestamps:

(0:00) About today's episode

(0:36) Introducing today's muscle groups

(1:04) How we use these muscles in our daily lives

(3:42) The visual/aesthetic appearance of the upper back muscles

(8:33) The anatomy & functions of the upper back muscles

(10:32) Rear delts

(14:14) Teres minor & major

(19:01) Traps

(21:44) Rhomboids

(22:19) Go-to rear delt exercises

(28:07) Go-to trap exercises

(35:04) Go-to teres exercises

(36:03) Go-to rhomboid exercises

(37:32) Common training mistakes

(44:01) Execution cues to get the most out of your upper back & rear delt training

(46:32) Some final advice before we go

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