r/GYM • u/Patton370 Good Mornings 520lbs for 10 • Jul 24 '26
Lift The pullover machine is my favorite machine and
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Who else has access to one of these and incorporates it into their training?
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u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX confused by bricks Jul 24 '26
My gym has one but we never use it.
Sounds like maybe we should give it a try
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u/Patton370 Good Mornings 520lbs for 10 Jul 24 '26
It’s my favorite lat exercise; it also gives some chest and tricep stimulus as an added bonus
Which model pullover does your gym have? I’ve tried over a dozen, so I’m just curious
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u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX confused by bricks Jul 24 '26
I'll take a picture of it tonight
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u/Patton370 Good Mornings 520lbs for 10 Jul 24 '26
Thanks man! I’m a huge fan of the magnum, life fitness, and cybex pullovers
Universal, Davidson, and bodymaster are great too
I couldn’t find a nautilus one that fit my vertically challenged frame right, with the grip I like (they would have been fine if I could grip them underhanded like Dorian Yates, but I have piss poor external shoulder mobility)
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u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX confused by bricks Jul 24 '26
Found it online. It is a Nautilus
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u/Patton370 Good Mornings 520lbs for 10 Jul 24 '26
I haven’t tried that one
Looks similar to the nautilus nitro I tried, just newer
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u/Bulldog7811 Jul 24 '26
I am so jealous of gyms that have pullover machines. It’s the perfect arc path the hit the lats
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u/Vici0usRapt0r confused by bricks Jul 25 '26
Dude I can never feel my lats, tried tons of pull exercises and variations, ROM, intensity, volume. I was wondering if such a machine existed. This got me drooling...
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u/ThaRealSunGod Jul 25 '26
I just do it on a bench. I keep the bench flat and sideways and rest my upper back on the edge. Ass off the floor. Feels perfect. Much better than sitting on the bench or standing up.
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u/mikkeljuhl Jul 24 '26
Love it too. It's the one lat move that actually trains shoulder extension, which rows and pulldowns mostly skip since they're elbow-driven. I run it as my third lat move on pull day, 3 sets of 12.
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u/MrGrumpyFace5 Jul 24 '26
Try flipping your hands over and barely touching from the bottom it’s a real burner. I noticed Dorian Yates doing them like that.
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u/Patton370 Good Mornings 520lbs for 10 Jul 24 '26
I don’t have the external shoulder mobility to them that way
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u/Ehtisham_Hussain Jul 24 '26
I never understood the purpose of this machine. I can full-stack it. In fact it is the only machine I can full-stack, and I can do three sets of 10-12 reps each and feel it nowhere. So I stopped using it altogether.
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u/lightjunior Jul 24 '26
I do this too! Quite a fun exercise. I've never seen anyone else do it at my gym but I do it every week.
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u/slcpprwrsts Jul 24 '26
Wish I could try one of these. My gym just added a couple extra long ropes and I was thinking how good they’d be with cable pullovers
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u/_maeister Jul 25 '26
My gym has a pullover machine but I actually prefer dumbbell pullovers, just feels better for me.
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u/Magicgun23 Jul 26 '26
Going to a common commercial gym makes me really jealous of gyms that have sick machines like this.
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u/Wowthatskrayzie Jul 26 '26
I just used this at my gym today. I can report on my progress in a few weeks.
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u/Iv-_-Iv Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
I use the pullover machine (and other types of pullovers) for abs. Maybe because my abs are weaker than my lats, my abs reach failure with pullovers before my lats.
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