Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Straight Arm Straight Bar Pullover
Inside a dual axis cable machine, set a bench on a high incline level but not to full perpendicular. Use a straight bar and set the bar at about shoulder height. The position will be slightly different for each brand of cable machine.
Get in behind the bar and then walk it out with locked out arms and sit on the bench and lay back with feet flat on the floor in front of you.
Under control execute the pullover from reaching back position for full stretch on the lats and then “pull over” all the way down to the top of the thighs.
This motion has a great feel to it and is a very effective exercise for lats that can’t be duplicated with DB or BB variations.
I recommend a high reps continuous tension approach to this one – as I do with most with cable machine or RB exercises.
CHECK OUT SOME MORE OF MY MOST POPULAR WORKOUT PROGRAMS BELOW:
Flexible Fitness – scottabelfitness.com/flexfit
Hardgainer Solution – scottabelfitness.com/hardgainer-solution-complete-course
The Busy Woman's Train At Home Program Course– http://busywoman.fitness/
5-Day MET Training – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/5-day-met-training
6-Day Hybrid – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/6-day-met-hybrid-training
Great Glutes – scottabelfitness.com/greatglutes
Ultimate Figure Program – udemy.com/women-workout-and-training-ultimate-figure-to-lose-fat-tone
Whole Body Hypertrophy – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/whole-body-hypertrophy
Straight Arm Straight Bar Pullover
Inside a dual axis cable machine, set a bench on a high incline level but not to full perpendicular. Use a straight bar and set the bar at about shoulder height. The position will be slightly different for each brand of cable machine.
Get in behind the bar and then walk it out with locked out arms and sit on the bench and lay back with feet flat on the floor in front of you.
Under control execute the pullover from reaching back position for full stretch on the lats and then “pull over” all the way down to the top of the thighs.
This motion has a great feel to it and is a very effective exercise for lats that can’t be duplicated with DB or BB variations.
I recommend a high reps continuous tension approach to this one – as I do with most with cable machine or RB exercises.
CHECK OUT SOME MORE OF MY MOST POPULAR WORKOUT PROGRAMS BELOW:
Flexible Fitness – scottabelfitness.com/flexfit
Hardgainer Solution – scottabelfitness.com/hardgainer-solution-complete-course
The Busy Woman's Train At Home Program Course– http://busywoman.fitness/
5-Day MET Training – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/5-day-met-training
6-Day Hybrid – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/6-day-met-hybrid-training
Great Glutes – scottabelfitness.com/greatglutes
Ultimate Figure Program – udemy.com/women-workout-and-training-ultimate-figure-to-lose-fat-tone
Whole Body Hypertrophy – scottabelfitness.com/workouts/whole-body-hypertrophy
