# Barbell Front Raise to Pullover

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/barbell-front-raise-pullover

Also known as: Lying Barbell Front Raise and Pullover, Barbell Raise and Pullover, BB Front Raise to Pullover

Body region: Chest, Back, Shoulders

## Muscles

- Main: Deltoid, Pectoralis Major, Latissimus Dorsi
- Helps: Serratus Anterior, Teres Major, Triceps
- Holds: Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique

## Equipment

- Barbell or EZ Bar
- Flat Bench

## Technique

1. Lie on a flat bench holding a light barbell on your thighs with a shoulder-width overhand grip.
2. With arms almost straight, raise the bar up until it is over your chest.
3. Keep moving in the same arc and lower the bar behind your head until your upper arms are beside your ears.
4. Pull the bar back over the chest along the same path, then lower it to the thighs.
5. Repeat the full arc for the planned reps.

### Cues

- Use a much lighter bar than for presses; this is a long-lever movement.
- Keep a small, fixed bend in the elbows the whole time.
- Keep the ribs down so the lower back stays on the bench.

### Common mistakes

- Bending the elbows more and more until it becomes a press.
- Letting the bar drop fast behind the head.
- Arching the back to gain range at the overhead end.

## Alternatives

- [Barbell Pullover](https://heatsy.app/ex/barbell-pullover)
- [Dumbbell Pullover](https://heatsy.app/ex/dumbbell-pullover)