Pullovers - do you do them even when there is no machine?

[Stanly]

any of you guys do them if you have no machine? with a barbell. asking cause my gym has no pullover machine so i use a barbell. really feel my lats.

[friedchickendinner]

Yes especially when it's chilly.

Thanks for asking!

[SOMEPARTS]

Gimmick party.

[funk51]

    get yourself a moon bench stanly    

[SF1900]

any of you guys do them if you have no machine? with a barbell. asking cause my gym has no pullover machine so i use a barbell. really feel my lats.

I have actually been using the lying hamstring machine for pullovers.

[funk51]

I have actually been using the lying hamstring machine for pullovers.

               interesting and very innovative but won't you rather use a nauuilis pullover machine.

[SF1900]

               interesting and very innovative but won't you rather use a nauuilis pullover machine.

Of course, but most gyms I have been to do not have the pullover machine.

[tres_taco_combo]

I recently tried it using bands and a DB and loved it

[funk51]

Of course, but most gyms I have been to do not have the pullover machine.

                                       time to look for another gym.

[Stanly]

I have actually been using the lying hamstring machine for pullovers.

never seen this before

[SF1900]

                                       time to look for another gym.

I don't care enough to leave my gym for one machine.

[IroNat]

I do them lying lengthwise on a flatbench with a dumbbell.

They also affect the triceps strongly.

[Stanly]

I don't care enough to leave my gym for one machine.

yes this bro. 

[SF1900]

yes this bro. 

You can make one yourself

[a_pupil]

I do them lying lengthwise on a flatbench with a dumbbell.

They also affect the triceps strongly.

This.

However, I stopped doing them a long time ago as they're pretty much a useless exercise.

[Primemuscle]

any of you guys do them if you have no machine? with a barbell. asking cause my gym has no pullover machine so i use a barbell. really feel my lats.

You can also do them with a dumbbell. -Feels a bit safer. Fortunately, the gyms I go to all have the machines now.

[Stanly]

This.

However, I stopped doing them a long time ago as they're pretty much a useless exercise.

why?

[Darren Avey]

Crap exercise. I bench squat military and dead.
Then eat steak and drink milk

[a_pupil]

why?

every muscle part it hits can be worked better with other major lifts.

and you can hit the front part of the lats better with chins and even push ups IME

however, the nautillus machine that dorian had looked like it was an amazing exercise.

[Primemuscle]

every muscle part it hits can be worked better with other major lifts.

and you can hit the front part of the lats better with chins and even push ups IME

however, the nautillus machine that dorian had looked like it was an amazing exercise.

Maybe so, but I don't think any other exercise works as well to expand the rib cage and provide the same degree of stretch that pullovers do. I love doing them on the Nautilus.

[SF1900]

Maybe so, but I don't think any other exercise works as well to expand the rib cage and provide the same degree of stretch that pullovers do. I love doing them on the Nautilus.

Lol at expand the rib cage.

[Bevo]

I rather do endless curls on Vince’s biceps machine

[Primemuscle]

Lol at expand the rib cage.

Laugh all you want. You may be technically right, but bodybuilding is also about appearance and pullovers may make your chest appear to be larger (more expansive). It also is a great breathing exercise, which can improve lung capacity. Shoulder's down, chest out....improved posture.

Will pullovers expand your ribcage significantly?

Not necessarily, but it will train the muscles that expand and constrict the ribcage (intercostals, external intercostals, serratus anterior, SCM, scalenes, diaphragm, etc...) allowing you to potentially increase the volume of the ribcage to tolerate greater amounts of respiration.

Load here would also likely increase cartilage thickness and potentially the density of your ribs.

The Diaphragm makes up about 45% of your breathing ability (chest expansion ability), and I see a lot of people with dysfunction here on a regular basis.

Pull-overs will also stretch the abdominals, and can alter posture; If for instance, you have a kyphotic posture, may also alter the appearance of your rib-cage, simply by creating better looking, more up-right upper body posture.

[affeman]

Kai recommends doing them with a dumbbell at the beginning of your chest workout

[harmankardon1]

Laugh all you want. You may be technically right, but bodybuilding is also about appearance and pullovers may make your chest appear to be larger (more expansive). It also is a great breathing exercise, which can improve lung capacity. Shoulder's down, chest out....improved posture.

Will pullovers expand your ribcage significantly?

Not necessarily, but it will train the muscles that expand and constrict the ribcage (intercostals, external intercostals, serratus anterior, SCM, scalenes, diaphragm, etc...) allowing you to potentially increase the volume of the ribcage to tolerate greater amounts of respiration.

Load here would also likely increase cartilage thickness and potentially the density of your ribs.

The Diaphragm makes up about 45% of your breathing ability (chest expansion ability), and I see a lot of people with dysfunction here on a regular basis.

Pull-overs will also stretch the abdominals, and can alter posture; If for instance, you have a kyphotic posture, may also alter the appearance of your rib-cage, simply by creating better looking, more up-right upper body posture.

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