Why the Pull Over is a Fantastic Exercise

In my opinion, Pull Overs are heavily underestimated. They are a weights room classic that have fallen behind in gym goers programmes. After you read this I hope you'll appreciate how irreplaceable this exercise is.

Pull Overs are a compound exercise. A compound exercise works a variety of different muscles in one movement. Some of the muscles included are the Pectorals, Deltoids, Latissimus Dorsi and the Abdominals.

They train your Abdominals the way they want to be trained. To perform a correct Pull Over you must incorporate the abdominals anti extension properties. I wrote about this in a previous article. Your abdominals main role is anti extension so training them in this manner is the best way of developing the efficiency of their functioning.

Pull Overs are good for your shoulder health. This unique exercise will strengthen the stratus and pull the shoulder blade into correct alignment. This is crucial to for avoiding t-spine tightness.

Pull Overs raise your metabolic rate. As a powerful compound exercise they will cause a serge in your metabolism which will torch calories. You will burn fat into submission!

You can improve Latissimus Dorsi flexibility. Eccentric training has been proven to increase flexibility better than static stretching. The Pull Over is perfect for increasing the range of motion of your Lats as they involve an over head motion in the sagittal plane. This is important for correct posture whilst moving about in your sport.

You can go heavy! This powerful exercise needs load. By exerting a heavy dumbbell onto your body you will stress your nervous system with a new resistance which will have carry over onto your other lifts.