Bulletproof Your Shoulders With This Exercise!

🪐 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗦 ➜ 3 Days FREE with code “SMFREE“ About this post…👇 Scapula stability. Been sharing this exercise (Prone Y-Raises) several times for the past 3 years (that’s how much I love it), but have never actually shared how to perform it correctly. Here is the most important key points: ✅ Arms in a Y position. ✅ Elbows fully straight. ✅ Shoulders fully extra-rotated. ✅ Scapula depressions (shoulders down) ✅ Lifts up, hold for 2 sec, and repeat for reps. 👉 The reason for the rotation of the shoulders is to involve the rotator cuff and improve shoulder and scapula stability. Think of the thumb pointing upwards. There is a tendency to loose this as we raise the arms. Fight it. 👉 The reason for scapula depression is engagement of the lower traps. Can also be done with scapula elevation for other purposes tho. 👉 Slight bent of the arms won’t kill you, but keeping them fully straight makes it more effective for emphasizing the muscles around the scapula. 👉 I do 2-3x 2/3x per week at the end of my workouts for 10-15 reps 10 hold on the last rep. This could change based on your goals. Hope this helps! Any questions below. With Love, Gabo