The following are the instructions to complete the straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers exercise.
Floor pullover press.
Straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers.
The pullover reinvented the very best upper body exercise.
The pullover and press is the original chest press with a bar.
The barbell pullover is an advance isolation movement that focuses on the barbell pullover stretching and development of the latissimus dorsi lats.
In the days before there were benches to lie on if you wanted to chest press a weight you had to lay on the floor to do it.
The dumbbell pullover was a staple for classic old timers.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
The straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers weight bearing exercise is an active level strength exercise form my book exercise for better bones.
Ronnie coleman and dorian yates complimented the exercise for developing sweeping wide lats.
Your torso should be off the bench parallel to the floor keep hips positioned slightly below the bench.
A floor press is basically a bench press on the ground so it works the same muscles.
Bodybuilding greats like arnold dorian yates ronnie coleman and frank zane swore that the dumbbell pullover played a huge role in their upper body development.
Decline dumbbell bench press.
By trying to minimize the amount of arch produced in your lumbar spine and keeping the low back pushed into the floor particularly in the contracted position.
Fix your shoulders.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
The dumbbell pullover also requires the stabilizer muscles and core to work in overdrive.
Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back.
Note that i will demonstrate proper dumbbell pullover technique to avoid injury and increase the effectiveness of this exercise.
The kettlebell pullover is a great bang for your buck exercise.
Clip your legs at one end of a.
Thus the exercise floor press got its name.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.