How To “Sculpt” Your Serratus Anterior (STOP Neglecting This Muscle!)

The serratus anterior is one of the most overlooked muscles of the body and should be a staple in your core workouts. The serratus anterior muscle is a fan-shaped muscle located on each of your sides, right on top of the ribs. It functions to protract your shoulder-blades, and assists in upwardly rotating the scapula. This muscle plays a role in improving the aesthetics of your core by improving abs definition, obliques definition, and lower chest definition (for boxer abs). But more importantly, it plays a critical role in stabilizing and facilitating proper movement of our scapula. When weakened, it can lead to unwanted movement within the shoulder joint and the shoulder blades, such as scapular winging. To mitigate this, I’ll show you 3 of the best serratus anterior exercises to add to your ab workout to develop your serratus anterior and get it to start firing properly. Let’s start with the push-up plus. By performing a “plus” component, where you protract your shoulder blades at the top of the p