Begin exercise by raising arms straight out in front of your body at a 30 degree angle so they form a y with your body.
Floor y raise muscles worked.
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Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing your hips.
The floor y raise is an isolation bodyweight exercise that strengthens and targets the shoulders upper back and traps.
It can even be a great variation for lifters with.
Standing y raise instructions.
Learn how to correctly do incline y raise to target traps chest delts with easy step by step expert video instruction.
1 start by lying face down on the floor.
Let arms hang down at arm s length with palms facing each other.
How to do incline y raise.
In the video above sulaver demonstrates the 3 y raise a targeted single arm exercise that challenges the lower traps and improves their ability to help keep your shoulders down and back.
Grab a pair of dumbbells and lie chest down on a low incline bench 30 45 degrees.
The floor press is a fantastic pressing variation for lifters of all levels to improve muscle mass lockout strength and bench press technique.
From the same starting position gently exhale and slowly lift your arms off the floor moving your arms into the y formation 45 degree angle to form the letter y as illustrated with palms facing inward.
Raise the dumbbells above your head with your palms facing each other and form a y with your.
The y prone horizontal abduction at 135 abduction with er thumb up ut 79 mt 101 and lt 97.
This is the starting position.
Rafael escamilla 2009 conducted a review and found the following muscle activation levels during the exercises y w and t.
Instructions lie facedown on the floor with your shoulders fixed out on a diagonal angle so that your hands line up with ears.
The letters y w and t don t stand for anything they just refer to where your arms should be in relation to your body see pictures.
Dumbbells exercise for the opposite muscles.
All values are expressed as a percentage of maximum.