Thread: Pullovers?

may just be the extra range of motion. they probably don't hurt during skull crushers because you aren't moving your shoulder through that much extension like you are on the pullover. It bothers me to do skull crushers so I don't do them. It bothers me to do pullovers with a barbell but with DBs I am usually okay. It is only bad if I go really heavy. So I usually throw the exercise in at the end of a workout for one or two sets to failure at around 12-25 reps.

Have either of you tried cable pullovers?

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Have either of you tried cable pullovers?

yea, i do them occasionally. Not the same though. Nothing is like a heavy DB pullover.

Originally Posted by P-funk

yea, i do them occasionally. Not the same though. Nothing is like a heavy DB pullover.

That's no lie

Originally Posted by P-funk

yea, i do them occasionally. Not the same though. Nothing is like a heavy DB pullover.

Because the cable pullover works your long tricep and your lats, not your pectoralis minor, right?

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Because the cable pullover works your long tricep and your lats, not your pectoralis minor, right?

your lats and triceps will help to bring the weight from overhead to the begining position (shoulder extension). Pec minor depresses the scapula. I guess it gets a little work since on the eccentric you are moving through shoulder flexion and your scapula is being raised a bit and then needs to be depressed on the concentric.

Is there a way u can do this exercise where it hits the chest more than the back?

Originally Posted by god hand

Is there a way u can do this exercise where it hits the chest more than the back?

I don't see how. the exercise is shoulder extension. that is like saying is there a way to do BB curls to hit the tricep.

Dont pullovers work tha chest and back?

Originally Posted by god hand

Dont pullovers work tha chest and back?

your chest and biceps gets a nice stretch when you reach back into flexion on the eccentric of the lift (bringing it overhead). But the actual concentric portion of the lift where you are moving the weight against gravity is shoulder extension which is going to work your lats, teres major and triceps.

I was using a close grip on a curl bar. Maybe I will try to a DB. But I don't see how shoulder movement would hurt the back of my elbow.

Originally Posted by drew.haynes

I was using a close grip on a curl bar. Maybe I will try to a DB. But I don't see how shoulder movement would hurt the back of my elbow.

triceps cross the shoulder and they attach at the elbow. If you are tight they could be feeling that stretch really bad. They could be getting agraveted by the angle you are placing them in.