LET YOUR SHOULDERS BE YOUR GUIDE

111. LET YOUR SHOULDERS BE YOUR GUIDE When in doubt, position your feet shoulder width apart, or lower the bar (dumbells or machine handles) to shoulder height. The natural and most stable stance for most people is with the feet about shoulder width apart. This tends to place the least amount of stress on the joints (ankles, knees, lower back). Likewise the finished position of many exercises is shoulder height. For example on dumbell presses for shoulders or incline presses for chest, the dumbetls will be approximately in line with your shoulders at the bottom of the exercise. Although it doesn't apply to alt exercises, there are numerous examples for which the shoulders are a useful guide.