Shoulder Flexion Back to Wall

Stand with your back against a wall, feet shoulder-width apart. Ensure your head, shoulders, and buttocks are in contact with the wall.

  1. Raise your arms to shoulder height, keeping them straight.
  2. Slowly lift your arms overhead while maintaining contact with the wall.
  3. Lower your arms back to shoulder height, ensuring proper form throughout.

How to perform the Shoulder Flexion Back to Wall

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Shoulder Flexion Back to Wall 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 latissimus dorsi.
  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 latissimus dorsi 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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