

If you cannot perform a full overhead press or pull-up with proper stability in your upper back, you’ll likely want to attack those issues before diving into the pullover. Progression/Regression: Perform the exercise laying on the floor for more stability, or on a stability ball for more of a challenge. The dumbbell pullover is a unique exercise that is tough to replicate. Moving only at the shoulder joint, slowly raise or “pull” the dumbbell back over the top of your head until it reaches the starting position.Repeat the exercise until you have completed two or three sets of eight to 10 reps, and gradually. Inhale and stay in control as you slowly follow the same arc to bring the dumbbells back to the floor over your head. It is an exercise that can train opposing muscle groups at once - specifically the pecs and lats. Don’t let your arms just fly back to the starting position for the next rep. Lower the weight until the dumbbell reaches approximately the height of the bench The dumbbell pullover is a great exercise.Perform the movement of both arms simultaneously in repeated fashion.

The dumbbell in the opposite hand should be lowered forward toward the thigh. Moving at the shoulder joint and keeping your arms relatively straight, slowly begin to lower the weight down behind your head Slowly lower one dumbbell backward until it is parallel to the floor.Extend your arms so that the dumbbell is over the top of your forehead with nearly fully extended arms you should keep a slight bend in your elbows.Lie with your upper back/shoulder perpendicular on the bench with your feet flat on the floor and your hips up in the air so that your body and the bench are forming a “T” (similar to the set up of a hip thruster).Using one dumbbell, place both hands on the inside of one of the dumbbell heads.Importance: Aside from horizontal pressing and vertical pulling, this unique exercise allows for you to target both pecs and lats in a different way. While this exercise works more pecs than lats, it is unique in that it targets both at the same time. Moreover, you can combine them with other chest. These exercises help build strength and mass in your pectoral muscles, improve upper body definition, and increase pushing strength. To add variety to the incline dumbbell chest press, alternate between. Decline bench press, squeeze Press, chest fly, around the world, bridge press, pullover, and deficit pushup are some best examples of lower chest dumbbell workouts. Repeat for a set of 10-12 repetitions, achieving muscle fatigue on your last rep. You can do dumbbell pullovers in several ways to target the muscles at different angles. That being said, the dumbbell pullover is also utilized by sports physiologists as it is a postural exercise that takes place lying down, which can help lengthen and stabilize the spine. Muscle Groups: Pectoralis Major, Latissimus Dorsi, Triceps Lower back down to the starting position. The main purpose of this exercise is to work the back and chest muscles, in order to strengthen them, and help you gain muscle mass.
