The following are the instructions to complete the straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers exercise.
Dumbbell lat pullover on floor.
Note that i will demonstrate proper dumbbell pullover technique to avoid injury and increase the effectiveness of this exercise.
Doing multiple but different exercises on the same area of your body in the same day exhausts the muscle fibers of that area and leads to faster toning and strength increases.
The lat pulldown is a cousin of pullups and chinups and it definitely seems similar.
Hold one dumbbell in each hand and bring them to your chest as you lie back on a mat.
Straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers.
Perform lying dumbbell pullovers on the same day as other dumbbell chest exercises such as pec flys or the dumbbell bench press to get a well rounded chest workout.
This is one of the active level strength exercises in exercise for better bones.
Dumbbell pullovers are a combined lat and chest exercise that also involves the long head of your triceps which is the muscle located on the back of your upper arm.
It also does work on your chest muscle as well but we are trying to target mainly here lats muscle through full range of motion.
Or make it easier by bending your knees and planting your heels into the floor.
Because of this golden era bodybuilders used to call pullovers the upper body squat as it worked so many muscles.
From your back bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up.
The pullover exercise is very good for your upper body strength.
The dumbbell pullover can in fact help to improve shoulder mobility in that it places a stretch upon the lats and triceps.
The dumbbell pullover sure isn t the most common exercise used to build a big chest and lats.
Dumbbell floor straight arm pullover is a effective exercise to target your latissimus dorsi muscle lats.