Reverse Fly with External Rotation

Trains the Shoulders, Infraspinatus and Teres Minor.

Equipment
Dumbbells
Mechanic
Isolation
Force
Pull
Level
Intermediate
Reverse Fly with External Rotation: the muscles it trains, from behind. Primary — Anterior Deltoid, Lateral Deltoid, Posterior Deltoid, Infraspinatus and 1 more.Reverse Fly with External Rotation: the muscles it trains, from the front. Primary — Anterior Deltoid, Lateral Deltoid, Posterior Deltoid, Infraspinatus and 1 more.
The muscles this trains, front and back. Deeper red is primary.

How to do it

  1. Sit on the end of a bench with a light dumbbell in each hand, or stand and hinge forward at the hips.
  2. Lean forward so your chest is close to your thighs and let the dumbbells hang below you, palms facing each other.
  3. Set a soft bend in your elbows and hold it.
  4. Raise both dumbbells out to your sides in a wide arc until your arms are level with your shoulders.
  5. At the top, rotate your forearms upward so your thumbs point toward the ceiling — this is the external rotation the name refers to, and it is the part most people leave out.
  6. Reverse the rotation, then lower the arms under control back to the start.

Common mistakes

Muscles worked

Primary