Bottle Weighted Pullover

The Bottle Weighted Pullover targets your upper body and core strength.

  1. Lie on your back on a flat surface, holding a bottle with both hands above your chest.
  2. Engage your core and slowly lower the bottle behind your head, keeping your arms slightly bent.
  3. Return to the starting position by pulling the bottle back over your chest.

How to perform the Bottle Weighted Pullover

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bottle Weighted Pullover using your free weights.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your latissimus dorsi.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your latissimus dorsi rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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