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Isolation · Beginner

Wall Slide

Isolation isolation exercise using bodyweight.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Bodyweight
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Transverse

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How to do the Wall Slide

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.

  • Scapula upward rotationprimary action

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

  • Shoulder flexionsecondary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, low emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Scapula protractionsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

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