DUMBBELL PULLOVERS A FORGOTTEN CHEST EXERCISE

www.leehayward.com The pullover is an practice we occasionally see finished in the gym anymore. Yet behind in the Pumping Iron days of bodybuilding it was the tack in roughly everyone’s routine. In actuality approach behind in the aged days prior to the invention of dais presses with honest racks for land the bar, guys would do the barbell pullover, light the club from the building to their chest, as well as afterwards do their dais presses. But progressively over the years this practice got pushed to the wayside as well as is frequency ever finished by the normal gym goer.


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leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 10:06 am

@GammaCaeles
You can, but you are limited in your weight choices if you lift weight plates instead of barbells or dumbbells.

GammaCaeles January 24, 2012 at 10:29 am

Is it equal to do this with a plate?

leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 10:47 am

@Angelbikost
You can use either a barbell or dumbbell, both moves work the same muscle groups.

TKDiniz1 January 24, 2012 at 11:27 am

Pullovers is one of the best for Chest,dont you agree? xD @leemhayward

Angelbikost January 24, 2012 at 11:39 am

sorry i didnt watch the whole video and i see you are also doing barbell pullover ok :D

Angelbikost January 24, 2012 at 11:39 am

is barbell pullovers for the chest??

dmoney69696969 January 24, 2012 at 12:07 pm

@vleon1012 LOL That is a little homoerotic, not that it matters.

iceblue4u January 24, 2012 at 1:00 pm

I do pullovers as a finishing movement for my Lats and chest. Its a great compound exercise that shapes your upper torso

Athrun000 January 24, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Expand your ripcage…lol’d

DougieBarclay January 24, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Your diction is perfect mate. Excellent instructions! A+

undeadheart66 January 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm

thank you so much, I have been confused about the pull over for some time–dumbbell versus barbell and how to position oneself on the bench. I subscribed to your channel –I believe there’s more useful info. I am a woman btw but I think women neglect the chest for the wrong reasons–even those who aren’t afraid to hit the weights! So Thanks! also added bonus was the explanation about the timing of this exercise.

leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 2:37 pm

@Twin1O
With your chest workout, you could also do it on a back workout as well because it stretches both the chest and lats.

Twin1O January 24, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Where should I add this workout? Like chest days or shoulder days?

leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 3:36 pm

@lobzdik
You are right, pull overs work both the Lats & the Chest. It stretches out both muscles.

leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm

@chippyjordinson
There are literally dozens and dozens of different workouts that you can follow to build muscle. Do a google search for “Lee Hayward’s 12 Week Workout Program” I cover this topic in more detail in that article.

chippyjordinson January 24, 2012 at 5:08 pm

just a quick question, what is the best way to build muscle?

ive heard of 2 different ways

doing 1 ‘drop set’ (6-8 reps then drop weight and repeat twice) – then 2 max sets of 6-8 reps

or just doing 3 sets of 6-8 reps

or is there a better way?

lobzdik January 24, 2012 at 5:27 pm

i do DB Pullovers like you did in the first example, except I lower the DB a little more than you… and id like to say, this gives me a bit of a pump in the chest, but more importantly is one of the most massive exercises for my lats (not chest)! I guess everyone is different

leemhayward January 24, 2012 at 6:02 pm

@SuperTX1000
No, you need the bench so that you can lower the arms below the level of the bench and get a stretch.

SuperTX1000 January 24, 2012 at 6:52 pm

can you do this without a bench

p0k3sMoT42o January 24, 2012 at 7:22 pm

You can turn this into an awesome tricep exercise if you put the focus into them.

Ravenstalk January 24, 2012 at 8:05 pm

It involves primarily the lats at begin as if you were doing lat pulldowns, and then about the half of the movement when the weight is over the chest the pecs and triceps get involved. It stretches the chest and its good for deep breathing (like before squats) and stretching and for lats or at the end of the workout, but dont be naive that the pecs work really hard here, and since adult sternum is rigid i dont believe it makes the chest bigger, its just anatomy :) Good forgotten exercise though.

etrass1 January 24, 2012 at 8:16 pm

whenever i do this i fell it in triceps and abs is that correct?

NightClubc January 24, 2012 at 8:59 pm

i dont get it,if the ribcage expands does that means it is just staying expaned ? why do you want an expaned ribcage ?i love this exercise

duckspaddling January 24, 2012 at 9:10 pm

What exercise can help a person build up the chest area just below the collarbones?

ooUooUoo January 24, 2012 at 9:14 pm

@03367164170 yea… you will use many muscles to stabilize your body while working this… same as your forearms can hurt because of squeezing your grip on barbell =)
with pullovers you can pull with chest or back you just need to focus and feel muscles that you want to train…
i know that i sometimes feel traps next day after i did my side delts (=

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