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How to do Vertical Style Barbell Pullover To Press

The barbell pullover to press is a compound exercise that targets the lats and also works the triceps, chest, and shoulders. It involves lowering a barbell behind your head while lying on a bench, then pressing it back up over your chest.

Vertical Style Barbell Pullover To Press demonstration
Primary muscle
Lats
Also works
Triceps, Chest and Shoulders
Equipment
Barbell
Level
Intermediate
Category
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How to do Vertical Style Barbell Pullover To Press, step by step

  1. Lie flat on a bench with your head at one end and your feet on the ground.
  2. Hold the barbell with a pronated grip (palms facing away from you) and extend your arms straight above your chest.
  3. Keeping your arms straight, lower the barbell behind your head in an arc-like motion until you feel a stretch in your lats. Maintain vertical form throughout.
  4. Pause for a moment, then reverse the motion and press the barbell back to the starting position above your chest.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Vertical Style Barbell Pullover To Press works your lats as the main mover, with help from your triceps, chest and shoulders.

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Vertical Style Barbell Pullover To Press is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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