Dumbbell Pullovers- Does Anyone Do Them???

[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