Note that i will demonstrate proper dumbbell pullover technique to avoid injury and increase the effectiveness of this exercise.
Floor dumbbell pullover muscles worked.
So queue up your favorite show grab a set of dumbbells and try these six moves for 45 seconds each all from the comfort of your floor.
Perform lying dumbbell pullovers on the same day as other dumbbell chest exercises such as pec flys or the dumbbell bench press to get a well rounded chest workout.
Unlike nearly every other strength training exercise out there it simultaneously works two opposing muscle groups at once specifically the pecs and lats.
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Dumbbell chest press for chest and triceps.
The dumbbell pullover is an excellent upper body exercise that primarily targets your pectoralis major pectoralis minor and latissimus dorsi muscles.
Dumbbell pullover muscles worked.
In november 2011 a study came out in the journal of applied biomechanics that showed the barbell pullover worked much more pec than lat.
The following are the instructions to complete the straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers exercise.
Straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
The head should be towards the end to allow the hands to arms to move backwards and towards the floor as the shoulder joint moves into flexion.
Contreras has since added to this idea saying.
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The dumbbell pullover is an excellent upper body exercise that primarily targets your pectoralis major pectoralis minor and latissimus dorsi muscles.
How to do floor pullover with kettlebell with proper form and technique.
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Contreras found that dumbbell pullovers incited more chest work than straight arm cable pulldowns or dumbbell pullovers incited lat work.
The dumbbell pullover is a bit of a weight room unicorn.
How to do it.
So do pullovers work your chest or back.
4 sets of 12 reps 30 seconds rest between sets this exercise routine can be performed using minimal equipment and only takes around 30 to 40 minutes to complete depending upon rest time.
Doing multiple but different exercises on the same area of your body in the same day exhausts the muscle fibers of that area and leads to faster toning and strength increases.