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Reverse Fly

A chest-supported reverse fly that isolates the upper-back postural muscles — a direct antidote to forward-rounded shoulders.

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How to dose it

Sets
2–3
Reps
12–15
Intensity
light, RPE 5
Rest
45 s

Bone load

Spine
Hip
Wrist

Equipment

dumbbellbench

Set up

  1. 1Chest supported on an incline bench, light dumbbells hanging down.

Do this

  • Raise the arms out to the sides like wings
  • Lead with the pinkies, squeeze the shoulder blades
  • Lower slowly

Avoid this

  • Using too much weight and shrugging
  • Swinging the weights

Safety

Light load, high control — this is about the postural muscles, not max strength.

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