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Title: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on May 29, 2024, 06:37:23 AM
This is one of my favourite lat exercises

Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on May 29, 2024, 07:01:03 AM
I personally wouldnīt call it an upper body squat as i think Parallel bar dips are but itīs a great all round movement



another great old school exercise is the DB around the world.. more chest related but will of course work lats too



Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: IroNat on May 29, 2024, 07:04:28 AM
Definitely a good move.

I feel it in the lats, chest, and triceps.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on May 29, 2024, 07:11:35 AM
Definitely a good move.

I feel it in the lats, chest, and triceps.
Yes i know youīre old school IroNat  ;D  Hits Triceps very well as you wrote.
I also started doing pullover & press with a barbell after seeing Rich Gaspari do them back in the day.
More of a finishing off exercise but really hits triceps, lats, chest

Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: wes on September 15, 2024, 11:57:13 PM
Love `em........always was a mainstay in my workouts for Lats.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on September 16, 2024, 05:25:27 AM
Love `em........always was a mainstay in my workouts for Lats.

Bent arm BB pullovers are great too. I never really got into the cross bench pullovers which most did for chest & Serratus. I like them for Lats & Triceps so the Gaspari version is more my thing
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on September 16, 2024, 06:27:51 AM
Bob Paris says its a great upper chest exercise.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on September 16, 2024, 06:52:23 AM
Bob Paris says its a great upper chest exercise.

definitely works shoulders , lats , chest, triceps ...  Bob Paris did have an outstanding physique so who can argue with him?
depends on exercise performance too as slight variations could cause different reactions in people.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on September 16, 2024, 06:59:31 AM
A pullover & Press is an interesting exercise as itīs a compound move (press) & an isolation, stretch movement.
excellent ...
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on September 16, 2024, 07:04:43 AM
obviously you can press more than you can pullover but i like it ..just my opinion.
Itīs one of my best lifts & iīve got strong on the pullover. it all comes together as one exercise which is very complicated :)  but an ideal exercise when mastered
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: wes on September 17, 2024, 05:06:03 AM
Bent arm BB pullovers are great too. I never really got into the cross bench pullovers which most did for chest & Serratus. I like them for Lats & Triceps so the Gaspari version is more my thing
Same here......they never felt right.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on September 17, 2024, 05:15:41 AM
Same here......they never felt right.

yes & i never really got into this drop your hips on the cross bench variation...utter nonsense & as far as the Serratus is concerned crunch on a cable crunch or cable pushdown.

cable crunches are perfect for Serratus stretch & contraction
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Dreadlifter on October 10, 2024, 01:25:04 AM
A pullover & Press is an interesting exercise as itīs a compound move (press) & an isolation, stretch movement.
excellent ...

Pullover & press with an EZ bar was a staple movement for me 15/20 years ago. Can't remember why I stopped doing them, may have to reintegrate them into my training. I don't think I've seen anyone do them in a long time.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on October 10, 2024, 03:13:53 AM
Pullover & press with an EZ bar was a staple movement for me 15/20 years ago. Can't remember why I stopped doing them, may have to reintegrate them into my training. I don't think I've seen anyone do them in a long time.
Pullovers definitely work my lats & triceps very well.
Rich Gaspari did them regularly.
Bill Pearl liked them too.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on October 20, 2024, 05:03:32 AM
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Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Humble Narcissist on October 22, 2024, 11:32:09 AM
Yes i know youīre old school IroNat  ;D  Hits Triceps very well as you wrote.
I also started doing pullover & press with a barbell after seeing Rich Gaspari do them back in the day.
More of a finishing off exercise but really hits triceps, lats, chest


What's up with old bodybuilders and arms? They looked very atrophied and damaged.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on October 23, 2024, 02:38:07 AM
What's up with old bodybuilders and arms? They looked very atrophied and damaged.
My guess is nerve damage & the arms always show first. Rich is seen on a video doing one arm pulldowns & he says on one side clearly (think it was his right arm/side that it was his bad side.
could see he struggled on it.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Humble Narcissist on October 24, 2024, 12:07:22 AM
My guess is nerve damage & the arms always show first. Rich is seen on a video doing one arm pulldowns & he says on one side clearly (think it was his right arm/side that it was his bad side.
could see he struggled on it.
From lifting weights that are too heavy, too much volume, or just age?
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on October 24, 2024, 01:41:18 AM
From lifting weights that are too heavy, too much volume, or just age?
Talks about it here..
https://www.essentiallysports.com/bodybuilding-news-i-still-have-weakness-and-atrophy-after-an-injury-ended-his-career-yo-veteran-bodybuilder-reveals-the-horrors-of-living-with-it-despite-surgery/
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: falco on October 24, 2024, 02:33:36 AM
I do them with a bar, so i don't bang the dumbell in my head. Would rate it also as a chest movement.
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Donny on October 24, 2024, 02:37:19 AM
I do them with a bar, so i don't bang the dumbell in my head. Would rate it also as a chest movement.

a great all round upper body exercise  :)
More lats for me
Title: Re: DB Pullovers
Post by: Humble Narcissist on October 24, 2024, 11:58:47 PM
Talks about it here..
https://www.essentiallysports.com/bodybuilding-news-i-still-have-weakness-and-atrophy-after-an-injury-ended-his-career-yo-veteran-bodybuilder-reveals-the-horrors-of-living-with-it-despite-surgery/
Thanks.