Dumbbell Pullovers- Does Anyone Do Them???

[Texas Ranger]

Fellas, I know most gym have Pullover Machines, which are REALLY great. But, all my workouts are confined to the house. So, I have absolutely no reason not to do the basics. Does anyone still do Dumbbell Pullovers? Do you find them effective?

 

[SoSadBtTrue]

I don't currently, but I've done them in the past. I thought they were great. Felt them in my chest, lats, and abs.

 

[Singleton]

They are great, but my lame gym only goes up to 120.

 

[Toozee]

I don't currently, but I've done them in the past. I thought they were great. Felt them in my chest, lats, and abs.

Same here.

 

[Texas Ranger]

Does anyone else still do them???

 

[d3track]

yep
still do em

i dont seem to fit into pull over machines

plus, i get a better of motion with dbs

just be carefull and take it slow

 

[Heahy Minister]

I do db pullovers as well.

I feel them in my lats, tris, abs, and chest. Honestly I do pullovers more for it's overall upperbody workout and because it is suppose to expand the chest some. I don't feel like it hits the chest completely, but it is an good effective execise that I can go heavy with and get a great pump out of. Am I suppose to really be feeling it in the chest or am I doing something wrong??

Right now my chest day is bench, incline bench, db pullovers.

 

[CPA22]

dumbell pullovers are great and give your chest a larger appearance than what it actually looks like.

Its a great stretch, but i wouldnt be trying to acheive a pump. Make sure your ass is down when u do this and concentrate on the lower portion of your chest...

 

[Texas Ranger]

Up for more opinions.....

 

[Sughrue]

I work out @ home too, and I love doing DB pullovers. Great for that barrel chest...

 

[Debaser's_Sweetboy]

I have used them before.

Its a good exercise for the lats, chest, and secondary stress on the triceps.

 

[bigstve12]

so what day do you perform them...chest or back day?

 

[Dial_tone]

Dumbbells were a staple here for a long time. I did them to end my chest workout or sometimes as a back warmup. Everybody always said they'd stretch your ribcage. I never noticed that but they do give my lats the round look during a front double bicep.

 

[ebear]

I work out at home and have just returned to doing db pullovers regularly. I love 'em but sometimes wonder how heavy I should go on them and how far on the stretch.... Since the resistance is spread out over a varietly of muscles, I find it harder to get into a good groove... Any thoughts on technique?

 

[Shark01]

I was always confused whether this was a chest or back exercise, so the other day I did a Gironda test on it.

For those who don't know, Vince Gironda had a technique for figuring out exactly what muscles a particular exercise affected. You would dedicate an entire workout to 1 exercise, do an insane amount of reps with 80% of your normal weight, and see what got sore the next day.

So I did 10 sets of 10 reps on this last Sunday. Here is the results:

Biceps: Got a decent pump during, but no soreness
Chest: Got just a little sore on the outside area of pecs
Traps: Got a pretty good deal of soreness
Lats: Got very sore
Long tricep head: Felt like someone took pliers and tried to rip them out! Couldn't do my tricep workout 4 days later

Verdict: Clearly a back exercise, or a cool way to bring up lagging long tricep head.

 

[150shot]

I still do em once in a while, I love the good stretch they give when you keep your ass down..

 

[mkdema]

I've been doing DB pullovers on my chest day, but i've always noticed that they work the back more than the chest. It's a great strech though.

 

[MR.DUMBELL]

never had tried them put im going to give them a shot this week