Full body · MOBILITY

DB Pullover — stretch hold

Lat length and thoracic extension held at end range — overhead room for reaching, marking and throwing

Coaching cues

How to do it well

These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.

  • Ribs down — do not arch to get further
  • Hold where the lats pull, not the low back
Tempo
5s to lower
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In the program

How Train Smart prescribes it

The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.

ProgramSessionSets × repsLoad
AFLUpper Power2 × 25s holdModerate DB
SoccerUpper + Core2 × 25s holdModerate DB
DanceCore, Full Body + Mobility2 × 25s holdModerate DB
General FitnessFull Body A2 × 25s holdModerate DB

How the weight is calculated →

At a glance

What it trains, and who trains it

Muscles worked
Back
Region
Full body
Classified as
MOBILITY
Prescribed in
AFL · soccer · dance · general fitness · bodybuilding

This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there

Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.

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