Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell)
Trains the shoulders. You need a dumbbell. 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.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell)
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 shoulders exercise that is, there are 11 on the Shoulders page.
Muscles worked
What Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell) trains
Technique
How to do the Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell)
- Set an incline bench to roughly a 45-degree angle and lie chest-down against it, holding a light dumbbell in each hand with your arms hanging straight down, palms facing each other.
- Raise the dumbbells up and forward at roughly a 45-degree angle from your body, forming a Y shape with your arms, until they are in line with your torso.
- Pause briefly at the top, keeping your thumbs pointing up.
- Slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Use very light weights; the Y raise targets the small muscles of the shoulders and upper back.
- Keep your chest against the bench and avoid arching your lower back to lift higher.
- Lead the movement with your thumbs pointing upward to encourage proper shoulder rotation.
- Exhale as you raise the dumbbells and inhale as you lower them.
Substitutes
Swap Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Chest Supported Y Raise (Dumbbell) 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.