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Arm Circles

How to do the Arm Circles with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Shoulders

Secondary

Traps

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Arm Circles

  1. 1

    Stand up and extend your arms straight out by the sides. The arms should be parallel to the floor and perpendicular (90-degree angle) to your torso. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Slowly start to make circles of about 1 foot in diameter with each outstretched arm. Breathe normally as you perform the movement.

  3. 3

    Continue the circular motion of the outstretched arms for about ten seconds. Then reverse the movement, going the opposite direction.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Arm Circles set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your shoulders volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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