This is one specific advantage over a lying pullover. A cable pulley system can be used as pictured below, or resistance bands, anchored in a door or looped over a stable surfaceĪdditionally, a standing pullover will actively tax the core, as the abdominal muscles are recruited to stabilize the spine.
In situations where heavy weight options are limited, this movement can really serve your hypertrophy clients well. What makes this exercise favorable is that it requires much less weight due to the long levers and create a longer moment arm.
Why a Pullover?Ī pullover recruits latissimus dorsi, rear deltoids, and even the pectoralis major.
#Kneeling cable pullover how to#
Here’s how to do a standing cable pullover and why your clients should. Every pullover movement is, in fact, full shoulder flexion moving into extension, and will specifically tax the latissimus dorsi. While pull-ups and pull-downs reign supreme when building strength and size (as all compound exercises do) on the lats, sometimes we need to offer variations that can still adequately challenge this muscle-especially when working with clients in a home gym.
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