Who here does Dumbell Pullovers?

**Commander_Bash** · 04-07-2002, 01:21 PM

Does anyone do them and has had main any gains doing dumbell pullovers? i just started doing them i dont know if i was going to light but i felt it more in my lats i heard its real good to do it stretches oout your ribcage or whatever anyone like doing this exercise?

Peace BaSh

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**DevilsDeity** · 04-07-2002, 01:37 PM

Pullovers
Equipment Needed: dumbell and a flat bench
How to: Set the weight on the ground on either side of the bench. Lay your upper back on the bench and grab the weight. Your grip should look like a triangle with one hand over lapping the other. Raise the weight until it is almost above your head then lower it. Focus on the chest. Fell your rib cage expand.
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**NightOp** · 04-07-2002, 02:35 PM

I don't do em, but plan on starting them this summer.

**Neo** · 04-07-2002, 10:24 PM

They do help. I added them into my workout. You can definitely feel a burn. Go with the form that Devil suggested....

**solid90062** · 04-07-2002, 10:25 PM

i like ethm have been doing them for quite some time...They defnite add something to the workout

**Canes4Ever** · 04-08-2002, 12:37 AM

How would they effect someone like me with bad shoulders (rotator cuffs) ? Should I stay away from this exercise?

(btw -- I have never donw them, but seen them performed many times in the gym)

**Neo** · 04-08-2002, 11:50 AM

Canes...go light weight and see how it feels. Good luck bro!

**DevilsDeity** · 04-08-2002, 11:54 AM

Canes4Ever : try different weight you would be surprised how heavy you can go cause you only need to move the weight
a little bit to feel it in your chest

**FromFleshtoSteel** · 04-08-2002, 12:44 PM

i've been doing them for awhile now and I really like em. I feel it the next day in the back base of my triceps in a spot that doesn't seem to get worked with anything else, not to mention in the chest and the lats too.

**Canes4Ever** · 04-08-2002, 02:07 PM

Thanks Neo and DD !

**DBC** · 04-14-2002, 07:24 PM

I have been doing these for years and have a bad rotator cuff as well, so like previously mentioned...just start out light and feel out your comfort level...your body will tell you NO if it does not like it.

**Nate_Dog** · 05-04-2002, 07:12 AM

Originally posted by Commander_Bash
Does anyone do them and has had main any gains doing dumbell pullovers? i just started doing them i dont know if i was going to light but i felt it more in my lats i heard its real good to do it stretches oout your ribcage or whatever anyone like doing this exercise?

Peace BaSh

" John Hancock? It's Herbie Hancock. " - Chris Farley -

Yep Pullovers do bit of your lats, clavicle pec, seratus anterior.

**Nate_Dog** · 05-04-2002, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by Canes4Ever
How would they effect someone like me with bad shoulders (rotator cuffs) ? Should I stay away from this exercise?

(btw -- I have never donw them, but seen them performed many times in the gym)

Hi Canes, do you doing any internal/external rotation exercise for you rotator cuff muscles? It will help....

**murph** · 05-04-2002, 10:07 AM

love em,... the stretch is awsome, and so is the burn........

**Beat Down Wrinkles** · 05-04-2002, 10:18 AM

Canes: I will tell youbud I had never done them before either and the first time I did them I was able to go to about 95 pounds or so without any pain in the shoulder and could still feel a really good burn. I really liked the exercise and decided to do it and add it into my routine because I have HEARD (?) that it also works your lower chest pretty good too. So I use it in place of decline since decline doesn't have a large opposite muscle group and can lead to torn rotator cuffs. Or so they say, I can't take the chance but I think you could do it with no worries and still feel really good. Just MHO.

**Canes4Ever** · 05-04-2002, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by Nate_Dog

Hi Canes, do you doing any internal/external rotation exercise for you rotator cuff muscles? It will help....

Hi Nate, yes I do on shoulder day. I warm up the shoulders with a 5 lb plate for 20 minutes. I do L-Shape exercises with my arms to warm them up. I also do the laying on the bench and keep your elbow tucked and lift the weight up and down. It looks like a wimpy exercise but yes it has helped me a bit. The only problem is you have to go up from a 5lbs weight to 10 lbs and that is quate a jump.

**Billy Boy** · 05-04-2002, 02:14 PM

Its a myth that they stretch your ribcage that is impossible I do these every toher chest workout.Canes my shoulders are not the best in the world but I get no prob doping this excercise.

I stretch the shoulder prior to do it by doing this

Hold onto a fixed point and lean forward gentley so your arm is behind you slowly move your shoulder forward and you will feel the strecth internally.Take it easy with this move but I have found it does strengthen the ligaments and cuffs