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Isolation · Beginner

Machine Pullover

Isolation isolation exercise using machine.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Machine
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Machine Pullover

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder extensionprimary action

    Latissimus dorsi (prime mover, high emphasis); Teres major (prime mover, high emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, moderate emphasis); Posterior deltoid (synergist, low emphasis); Triceps brachii (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Scapula downward rotationsecondary action

    Rhomboids (synergist, low emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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