why does the if-statment execute

I have been presented with a method, that I dont understand how works. The if-statement says that x should be bigger than 2, but with the ++x, x is only one. Same goes for y. When I try printing it to the terminal it prints "6 3". I cant seem to figure out why the method executes the if-statement when both the x and they y is only 1, smaller than 2.

public int metode() {
   int x = 0;
   int y = 0;
   for(int z = 0; z<5; z++){
       if((++x > 2) && (++y > 2)){
           x++;
        }
    }
    System.out.println(x + " " + y);
    return 0;
}

Can anyone explain how this works?