Pullovers

[Lee_1978]

I'm a big fan of this exercise. I love how it hits my upper chest, moreso than the incline bench and forces me to focus on my breathing technique while also hitting my lats, triceps and shoulders. I hear Arnie was a fan and attributed it to a bigger rib cage (how this happened, I'm unsure).

Does anyone else use this exercise in their training and what benefits have you seen?

[600@50]

I've used DB pullovers to stretch the rib cage in order to reduce the ROM for the bench. You can't use too heavy a weight for stretching or you'll engage muscles that will constrict the stretching. 2 or 3 sets of 15 is all I do. The younger you are the more you'll get out of this movement. The cartilage tends to stiffen up as you age but it still works.

[Mr.BB]

I always do it as 1st exercise of back day. Before used to do chest and back, db pullovers were always the transition exercise.

Eventually ran out of dbs, so now I do it with barbell. I feel it hits my lat much more than pec.

[NACH3]

It hits the serratus nicely(when tightening down at end of moment(concentric) then stretching the rib cage(eccentric)...

[Lee_1978]

I always do it as 1st exercise of back day. Before used to do chest and back, db pullovers were always the transition exercise.

Eventually ran out of dbs, so now I do it with barbell. I feel it hits my lat much more than pec.

I feel it in my lats and triceps most certainly, but my pecs seem to bear the brunt.

[zempey]

I have used it on occasion, might throw them in heavier now that my RC aren't messed up anymore. I do like the stretch they give, and I feel it in my chest as well as my back, depends what muscle I am concentrating on while doing them.