Cable Y Raise
Trains the side delts, with help from the upper back. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
Technique
How to do the Cable Y Raise
- Stand facing the cable machine with the pulleys set at the lowest position. Grasp a handle in each hand, holding the left handle with your right hand and the right handle with your left hand, so the cables cross in front of you.
- Take a step back and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, keeping your back straight and arms extended down in front of you.
- Raise the handles up and out to form a "Y" shape, keeping your arms straight but with a slight bend in the elbows. Lift until your arms are overhead.
- Slowly lower the handles back to the starting position with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your back straight and avoid using momentum.
- Use a lighter weight to ensure proper form and gradually increase the resistance as you get stronger.
- Exhale as you raise the handles and inhale as you lower them back down.
Muscles worked
What Cable Y Raise trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Cable Y Raise
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a side delts exercise that is, there are 26 on the Side Delts page.
Substitutes
Swap Cable Y Raise for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Cable Y Raise for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.