Shoulders · Bodyweight
Bodyweight Standing Around World Wall Supported
How to do the bodyweight standing around world wall supported, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand with your back against a wall, feet a few inches out, arms at your sides with the backs of your hands on the wall. Keeping your arms in contact with the wall, sweep them out and up overhead in a wide circle, then back down the same arc. Move slowly and keep your low back from arching off the wall.
- 1Keep your arms tracing the wall through the full circle
- 2Feel your shoulders work to keep contact overhead
- 3Brace your core so your low back stays flat against the wall
Common mistakes
- Don't let your low back arch away from the wall
- Avoid forcing your arms flat if your shoulders won't allow it yet
- Don't shrug your shoulders up to your ears
Muscles worked
The bodyweight standing around world wall supported works the front delts, side delts, upper traps, mid traps, lower traps, and rear delts.
- Front DeltsSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Mid TrapsSupport
- Lower TrapsSupport
- Rear DeltsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.