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Wall Slides

Stand with your back against a wall and press your lower back, upper back and head into it. Bring your arms up into a goalpost position with the backs of your forearms and hands flat against the wall. Slide your arms up overhead, keeping every contact point pressed to the wall, then slide them back down without letting your ribs flare or your back arch. Move slowly and stop wherever you can no longer keep contact.

SHOULDERS · PULL

Wall Slides: how the movement is executed

How it is executed

  1. Stand with your back against a wall and press your lower back, upper back and head into it.
  2. Bring your arms up into a goalpost position with the backs of your forearms and hands flat against the wall.
  3. Slide your arms up overhead, keeping every contact point pressed to the wall, then slide them back down without letting your ribs flare or your back arch.
  4. Move slowly and stop wherever you can no longer keep contact.
Muscles worked
Shoulders
Primary muscle
Rear delt
Equipment
Bodyweight
Movement pattern
Pull
Difficulty
Beginner
What it is for
StrengthStability

Variations and substitutions

Program your clients' routines from these exercises, without the spreadsheet.