Exercise Ball Serratus Wall Slide

Perform the Exercise Ball Serratus Wall Slide to strengthen your serratus anterior and improve shoulder stability.

  1. Stand with your back against a wall and place an exercise ball between your arms and the wall.
  2. Engage your core and press your arms against the ball while sliding it up the wall.
  3. Keep your elbows straight and focus on activating your serratus anterior as you slide.
  4. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Exercise Ball Serratus Wall Slide

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Exercise Ball Serratus Wall Slide using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your pectoralis minor.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your pectoralis minor rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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