Prone Floor Y Raise

Step 1 lie facedown on the floor with your arms straight out to your sides and your thumbs pointing up.

Prone floor y raise.

This exercise particularly targets the front and side regions of the shoulders. Raise arms up and down staying controlled for the entire movement. Comments are turned off. Prone y s prone y s aim to improve thoracic posture by strengthening the lower trapezius muscle.

Instructions lie facedown on the floor with your shoulders fixed out on a diagonal angle so that your hands line up with ears. Without arching your back raise your arms upwards to the level of your shoulders. Focus on generating most of your lift. Lying face down on the floor angle your arms overhead at 45 degrees.

Make sure to keep your arms straight the entire time. Let arms hang down at arm s length with palms facing each other. This is the starting position. Grab a pair of dumbbells and lie chest down on a low incline bench 30 45 degrees.

Press back out and repeat. How to do incline y raise. Step 2 keeping your core tight and your arms straight raise your. Prone scapular shoulder stabilization series i y t w o formation step 1.

Keeping your core tight raise your arms off the ground. The view of your torso and arms from above will look like a y set up. Keep your head aligned with your thoracic upper spine. If you have a larger then normal hunch kyphosis in your upper back you may find this exercise too difficult.

Athlete will assume the face down prone position or uap and lean forward until torso is parallel to the floor depending on coaching emphasis keeping the b. Laying on the floor with feet and head down and arms out at a 45 degree angle with thumbs up. The incline y raise is a prehabilitation exercise that increases range of motion mobility and strength throughout the upper back and shoulder complex. Lie prone on your stomach on a mat with your arms and legs fully extended.

If this is the case try the prone cobra extension exercise instead.