Lat machine pullover

Edited by Dr. Massimo Bonazzelli

Synonyms

The Pullover lat machine exercise is also known as Cable pull over, Lat machine pull over

Type of Exercise

Pullover alla lat machine is a Monoarticular / accessory exercise

Variants

• Pullover to the car

Pullover to the lat machine: Execution

The starting position sees the athlete standing about 80 cm from the lat machine (variable distance depending on the length of the arms) with the back in its position of strength. The shoulders are completely or almost completely flexed, the elbows are almost completely extended and the hands hold the bar with a prone grip at a distance equal to or greater than that between the shoulders. The hips and knees are partially flexed with the dual purpose of making sure that the torso is parallel to the cable of the machine and to confer stability to the athlete. The execution consists in extending (shoulder width grip) or extending / adducing (shoulder wider grip) the shoulders as far as the machine allows without changing the degree of elbow extension except as a cheating technique. The rest of the body must remain as still as possible. The wrists should never be allowed to extend freely due to the weight.

Muscles involved in the exercise Pullover alla lat machine

Group 0

• Great dorsal
• Big round
• Inferior bundles of the pectoralis major
• Long head of the brachial triceps
• Posterior deltoid

Action
Shoulder extension (absent or partial hyperextension)

Group 1

• Coracobrachialis

Action
Shoulder adduction (wide grip only)

Group 2

• Intermediate beams of the trapezius
• Lower bundles of the trapezius
• Rhomboid

Action
Scapular adduction

Function of the stabilizing muscles: Stability of the shoulder, shoulder blade, elbow, grip, torso, hip, knee, ankle and foot

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