Ok try this, go look in the mirror and raise your shoulders up towards your ears. Got it? Now say, “I don’t know.” You really don’t know do you.
Lifting your shoulders up towards the ears, while working out, is something most everyone does without realizing, but unless you are doing shoulder shrugs and training your traps you really shouldn’t be popping those shoulders up at all.
Do you really want your neck to hurt when doing exercise? I’m guessing the answer is no, so this is what we need to do. Drop those shoulders back down, keep your head and eyes level and maintain a good posture. Exercise in front of a mirror and watch yourself, not the floor. If you keep from raising the shoulders and trying to wear them like earrings you will put the focus back into the muscles you are trying to work and get more out of your workouts with less discomfort.
