Pull Over Resistance Machine

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.  
• Overhead pull with a swiss ball.  

Related injuries

• Pectoral strain.  
• Inflammation or rupture of the triceps tendon.