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Dumbbell Pullover


Teaching points

  • Lay on your back on a bench with your feet on the floor
  • Hold a dumbbell in both hands, with the palms facing each other and arms straight above your chest
  • Lower the dumbbell over and behind your head, with a slight bend in the elbow
  • Keep your abdominals braced throughout to avoid arching your back
  • Lower to as far as you are comfortable and then reverse the movement

Variations & progressions

  • Use a lighter dumbbell in each hand

Muscles worked

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