Pullover

Teaching points

• Sit on the seat with the back and neck supported on the back rest
  
  
• Reach your arms overhead and grasp the bar approximately head width apart, the elbows should be slightly bent
  
  
• Keeping the back and buttocks flat against the back and seat, pull your hands down towards your lap
  
  
• Slowly return back towards the starting position but do not allow the moving weights to touch those in the stack

Muscles worked

• Latissimus Dorsi
  
  
• Pectoralis Major
  
  
• Triceps Brachii

Alternative exercises

• Dumbbell pullover
  
  
• Pullover with resistance band

Related injuries

• Pectoral strain
  
  
• Inflammation or rupture of the triceps tendon