Dumbbell Pullovers – How To Do Them

To perform a pullover, you need to lie on a flat bench and hold a dumbbell over your chest with two hands. You then bend your elbows and slowly lower the weight towards your head, stopping when your elbows have reached a 90 degree angle past your head. The rep is complete when you bring the dumbbells back over your chest.

Though you may not have seen many, or even any, people do this before, it is undoubtedly a great exercise. The problem with the majority of people who workout their chest is that often they don’t workout their entire chest or, they may only workout some muscles in their chest a very small amount.

While the pectoralis muscles typically always get worked on, the more subtle chest muscles like the subclavius and serratus, which are below the pecs, don’t get as much attention. The reason they’re important is that they give your arms and shoulders more maneuverability, ideal for pushing and punching.

The main benefits of pullovers are that they expand and stretch your rib cage and put resistance on the entire upper body. Pullovers will therefore help you acquire a bigger and wider rib cage and chest.

A further benefit of pullovers is that they can be done at home with very little equipment. They don’t require the bench and upright racks to hold the bar that a normal bench press needs. In fact, they can simply be done with a pair of adjustable weight dumbbells or a barbell.

The purpose of a pullover is to stretch your body, as opposed to being a heavy lifting exercise. It is advisable to take your time doing it properly and safely. Just start off with a relatively light weight and work your way up until you get to a weight that pushes you, but which you are still comfortable with.

Additionally, doing pullovers toward the end of your chest workout is when you will reap the most benefits. The theory behind this is that as your muscles are tight and full of blood, stretching them will increase the amount of muscle you can build.

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