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Isolation · Beginner

Prone Y-T-W Raise

Isolation isolation exercise using dumbbell, bench.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Dumbbell, Bench
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Transverse

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How to do the Prone Y-T-W Raise

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder horizontal abductionprimary action

    Posterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Infraspinatus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Teres minor (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula retractionsecondary action

    Trapezius (prime mover, high emphasis); Rhomboids (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Trapezius (prime mover, high emphasis); Serratus anterior (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder abductionsecondary action

    Medial deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder external rotationsecondary action

    Infraspinatus (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Teres minor (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

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