Y Raise (Cable)

How to do it

1. Stand facing between the low pulleys and take the left stirrup in your right hand and the right stirrup in your left.
2. Step back slightly and stand upright with the cables crossed in front of your hips.
3. With your elbows slightly bent, raise your arms up and out to the sides in a Y.
4. Stop when your elbows are about level with your ears.
5. Lower the stirrups forward and down the way they came, then repeat.

Key cues

• Cables crossed in front of the hips
• Elbows slightly bent
• Up and out in a Y
• Elbows level with your ears at the top
• Lower along the same path

Muscles worked

Primary

Side delts

Secondary

Front delts, rear delts and traps

Equipment

Cable machine with two low pulleys and stirrup handles.

References

1. ExRx.net: Cable Y Raise
2. Hevy: Cable Shoulder Y Raise