Cross Bench Pullover
A thick barrel chest was an ideal and the prevailing gym logic said you couldn t get there without lying on a flat bench and bringing a weight to arm s length overhead.
Cross bench pullover. Some training plans include it as part of a push pull day while others add it to a single body part day such as chest day. Chest lats triceps shoulders mechanics. Incline bent arm decline dumbbell pullovers. The straight arm dumbbell pull over is an exercise that targets the muscles of the pecs lats and serratus anterior muscles.
Click to share on facebook opens in new window click to share on twitter opens in new window click to share on pinterest opens in new window position yourself perpendicular to a bench with only your shoulders on it. Through organized bodybuilding s early years in the 1950s and 60s bodybuilders continued to credit the pullover as being essential in sculpting their upper bodies. You know i love reading your comments and answering your questions but recently one of you asked me if i did cross bench pullovers and i knew i had to answer that question thoroughly. Cross bench dumbbell pullover millenniumpt.
Performing this movement with straight arms makes it more difficult increases the stretch on the serratus muscles and lats and forces the core to work harder. Dumbbell pullovers the forgotten upper chest exercise february 10 2020 june 14 2013 by garry davidson in the old classic era of bodybuilding before steroids were around the squats and milk routine was the number one method for getting skinny hardgainers jacked. The dumbbell pullover can be performed with straight arms as above or bent arms bent arm dumbbell pullover with a barbell or ez bar instead of a dumbbell or with a small dumbbell in each hand instead of one dumbbell. Dumbbell pullover exercise information.
Cup both hands around the end of the dumbbell gripping the bar in the crook. The dumbbell or db pullover is a staple in many split routines and bodybuilding workouts because it s one exercise that hits many muscles. If you re looking for a way to train your chest and back at the same time then there are two words for you. Straight arm dumbbell pullover lying dumbbell pullover cross bench dumbbell pullover type.
2 3 with 12 15 reps each variations. Compound average number of sets.