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Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover

Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover is a intermediate strength exercise using barbell. It works the lats, with help from the chest, lats, shoulders and triceps.

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Main muscles
lats
Also works
chest, lats, shoulders, triceps

How to do it

  1. Lie on a flat bench with a barbell using a shoulder grip width.
  2. Hold the bar straight over your chest with a bend in your arms. This will be your starting position.
  3. While keeping your arms in the bent arm position, lower the weight slowly in an arc behind your head while breathing in until you feel a stretch on the chest.
  4. At that point, bring the barbell back to the starting position using the arc through which the weight was lowered and exhale as you perform this movement.
  5. Hold the weight on the initial position for a second and repeat the motion for the prescribed number of repetitions.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin