Because of the way this exercise stimulates multiple muscle groups your chest upper back triceps and serratus anterior muscles this was considered by many as the single most important exercise for the upper body.
Floor pullover muscles worked.
Pullovers can substantially increase lat length which can improve shoulder.
Other contributing muscles a couple of other muscles are recruited during the straight arm pullover to assist in completing the movement.
Many people suffer from tight lats because the muscles are rarely stretched or worked through a full range of motion.
Besides improving stability and mobility in the shoulders when performed properly they also tax nearly every muscle in the upper body.
Dumbbell pullover muscles worked the dumbbell pullover is an exercise that has the ability to train opposing muscle groups at once.
This exercise is a good upper body single joint exercise to.
The lats are a part of your upper back.
The straight arm dumbbell floor pullovers have a number of benefits for strength training muscle development and bone building.
They re a fan shaped muscle originating at your mid and lower back and attaching to your upper arms.
Head and back rest on the ground you can bend the legs and put the feet on the ground or let them hover across the floor hold the weight above your head with almost fully stretched arms.
Pullovers are one of the most underrated exercises.
Because the rectus iliacus and psoas so often pick up slack for the abdominals the kb pullover is a great alternative to dead bugs or any core exercise involving long lever hip flexion.
The dumbbell pullover mainly hits your lats latissimus dorsi and your pecs pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.