Barbell Pullover

Muscles worked by the Barbell Pullover

Primary

LatsLatissimus DorsiChestPectoralis Major

Secondary

TricepsTriceps Brachii

Also called: lats, lat, latissimus dorsi, latissimus, back wings, pec.

Equipment

Barbell

Also called: bar, olympic barbell, straight bar, olympic bar, power bar.

How to do the Barbell Pullover

1. Lie across a bench with a barbell held over your chest.
2. Lower the bar back over your head in an arc.
3. Pull it back to the start over your chest.
4. Repeat.

Form tips

• Keep a slight bend in the elbows.
• Engage the lats to drive the bar back.

At a glance

Barbell Pullover in German & Spanish

Descriptions, instructions and tips ship in all three languages in the JSON.

Related exercises

• Bent Arm Barbell Pullover
• Dumbbell Pullover
• Straight-Arm Pulldown
• Archer Pull Ups
• Assisted Pull Ups
• Band Assisted Pull Ups
• Banded Lat Stretch
• Bench Child's Pose

Exercise data (JSON)

The record below is exactly what exercises.json ships for this exercise — names, descriptions, instructions and tips in English, German and Spanish.

{
  "id": "barbell-pullover",
  "name_en": "Barbell Pullover",
  "name_de": "Langhantel-Pullover",
  "name_es": "Pullover con Barra",
  "description_en": "A compound movement stretching and loading the lats and chest through a wide arc.",
  "description_de": "Eine Verbundübung, die Latissimus und Brust durch einen weiten Bogen dehnt und belastet.",
  "description_es": "Un movimiento compuesto que estira y trabaja el dorsal y el pectoral a través de un arco amplio.",
  "category": "strength",
  "force_type": "pull",
  "mechanic": "compound",
  "difficulty": "intermediate",
  "equipment": "barbell",
  "body_part": "back",
  "primary_muscles": [
    "latissimus_dorsi",
    "pectoralis_major"
  ],
  "secondary_muscles": [
    "triceps_brachii"
  ],
  "goals": [
    "hypertrophy"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "pull_day",
    "knee_safe",
    "no_axial_load",
    "lower_back_safe",
    "shoulder_safe",
    "requires_bench"
  ],
  "variation_group": "pullover",
  "is_unilateral": false,
  "is_bodyweight": false,
  "instructions_en": [
    "Lie across a bench with a barbell held over your chest.",
    "Lower the bar back over your head in an arc.",
    "Pull it back to the start over your chest.",
    "Repeat."
  ],
  "instructions_de": [
    "Lege dich quer auf eine Bank und halte die Langhantel über der Brust.",
    "Senke die Stange in einem Bogen über den Kopf nach hinten.",
    "Ziehe sie zurück über die Brust in die Ausgangsposition.",
    "Wiederhole."
  ],
  "instructions_es": [
    "Acuéstate en un banco con una barra sostenida sobre el pecho.",
    "Baja la barra hacia atrás sobre tu cabeza en un arco.",
    "Tírala de vuelta al inicio sobre el pecho.",
    "Repite."
  ],
  "tips_en": [
    "Keep a slight bend in the elbows.",
    "Engage the lats to drive the bar back."
  ],
  "tips_de": [
    "Halte die Ellbogen leicht gebeugt.",
    "Spanne den Latissimus an, um die Stange zurückzuführen."
  ],
  "tips_es": [
    "Mantén una ligera flexión en los codos.",
    "Activa el dorsal para impulsar la barra de vuelta."
  ],
  "met": 6.0,
  "images": {
    "flat": {
      "start": "images/flat/barbell-pullover-start.webp",
      "peak": "images/flat/barbell-pullover-peak.webp"
    }
  }
}

Fetch just this exercise

const { exercises } = await fetch(
  "https://exercise-dataset.com/exercises.json"
).then(r => r.json());
const ex = exercises.find(e => e.id === "barbell-pullover");

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