Subjects were verbally cued to ‘‘bring your shoulder blades out and around as you slide up the wall’’; this verbal cue was an attempt to promote normal scapular movement.
The end of the movement was when subjects obtained their maximal shoulder elevation.
For the push-up plus, we tested the plus phase of the wall version because this is the phase of the exercise that produces the maximum serratus anterior activation.11 Subjects stood facing the same wall with feet even and shoulder-width apart.