overhand grip
Palm-down bar grasp
An overhand grip positions the hand so the palm faces the body or downward when gripping a bar, handle, or object—knuckles on top.
Common in weightlifting for exercises like pull-ups, deadlifts, and barbell rows: Use an overhand grip for lat pulldowns.
Contrasts with underhand grip, where palms face up or away.
- pronatedRotated limb inward
- underhandDeceptive and secret
- supinatedRotated to face upward
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
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- grip types
- overhand ___
- exercise variationssingle leg, wide stance, narrow stance, full range, box squat
- gripshandgrip, grasp, pincer grasp, choking up, overgrip
- grip trainingfinger strength, squeeze ball, finger curls, dynamometer, rolling thunder
- Left-handednesslefty, southpaw, sinistral, cross-dominance, ambidextrous