Dumbbell Lat Pullover On Floor
The following are the instructions to complete the straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers exercise.
Dumbbell lat pullover on floor. You can indeed utilize it to build muscle and strength so we re going to show you just how to do this with a guide on what you need to know about the dumbbell pullover. Because of this golden era bodybuilders used to call pullovers the upper body squat as it worked so many muscles. The dumbbell pullover sure isn t the most common exercise used to build a big chest and lats. Straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers.
From your back bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up. 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. Note that i will demonstrate proper dumbbell pullover technique to avoid injury and increase the effectiveness of this exercise. The dumbbell pullover can in fact help to improve shoulder mobility in that it places a stretch upon the lats and triceps.
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. Hold one dumbbell in each hand and bring them to your chest as you lie back on a mat. The pullover exercise is very good for your upper body strength. Dumbbell floor straight arm pullover is a effective exercise to target your latissimus dorsi muscle lats.
The lat pulldown is a cousin of pullups and chinups and it definitely seems similar. 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. 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. Two muscle groups often responsible for impeded shoulder mobility overhead.