Bench Pullover
Grasp barbell from behind and position over chest with elbows bent slightly.
Bench pullover. Keeping the low back pressed into the bench requires high engagement of the core muscles especially the deep lying transverse abdominis. There is a fine line to what parts of your body is utilized more when doing the bent arm barbell pullover. Lie upper back perpendicular on bench. Both exercises can be used to emphasize either your lats or chest.
With elbows bent slightly lower bar over and beyond head until shoulders are fully flexed or upper arms are approximately parallel to torso. The bent arm barbell pullover has similar characteristics as the straight arm barbell pullover. Bonus tips for doing the dumbbell pullover the biggest key to executing the dumbbell pullover correctly is to keep your low back in contact with the bench throughout the whole exercise braun says. It is a method of exercise.
Most people know the famous dumbbell pullover as the basic bodybuilding exercise but only few people knows the incline bench position of dumbbell pullover. Performing this movement with straight arms makes it more difficult increases the stretch on the serratus muscles and lats and forces the core to work harder. To make things clear incline dumbbell pullover is not a machine. It is a type of exercise that focuses on the thickening and tightening of your upper muscles.
Contreras found that dumbbell pullovers incited more chest work than straight arm cable pulldowns or dumbbell pullovers incited lat work.