Stand facing a cable stack with a straight bar attached to the high pulley.
Standing rope j pulldowns.
Standing lat pulldown.
Recorded on october 28 2010 using a flip video camcorder.
It both stretches and contracts the muscles of the lats latissimus dorsi as well as providing additional activation to the.
Great upper back lat exercise.
It can either be performed in an athletic upright stance or slightly bent over.
In this case you perform the movement standing and keep your elbows locked out the entire time.
This is one of my favorite exercises that targets the upper middle and lower back muscles if done with proper form.
I use a rope for pull downs however if.
What is the straight arm pulldown t he straight arm pulldown exercise is a variation of the classic lat pulldown.
Grasp the bar with a shoulder width grip and step back a foot or two so the weight doesn t rest on the stack.
Like reverse grip pulldowns the straight arm version targets the lower lats.