Reverse Flyes

ShouldersDumbbellBeginnerIsolation
Reverse Flyes — start position
Start
Reverse Flyes — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    To begin, lie down on an incline bench with the chest and stomach pressing against the incline. Have the dumbbells in each hand with the palms facing each other (neutral grip).

  2. 02

    Extend the arms in front of you so that they are perpendicular to the angle of the bench. The legs should be stationary while applying pressure with the ball of your toes. This is the starting position.

  3. 03

    Maintaining the slight bend of the elbows, move the weights out and away from each other (to the side) in an arc motion while exhaling. Tip: Try to squeeze your shoulder blades together to get the best results from this exercise.

  4. 04

    The arms should be elevated until they are parallel to the floor.

  5. 05

    Feel the contraction and slowly lower the weights back down to the starting position while inhaling.

  6. 06

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Reverse Flyes appears when you own dumbbells and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have dumbbells

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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