The straight arm rope pull down is a variation of the straight arm lat pull down performed using a cable stack machine and a rope grip.
Standing rope j pulldowns.
This is one of my favorite exercises that targets the upper middle and lower back muscles if done with proper form.
Great upper back lat exercise.
The straight arm pulldown trains the lats through a long range of motion and is helpful for people who have trouble feeling their backs work on conventional pulldown exercises.
In this case you perform the movement standing and keep your elbows locked out the entire time.
Begin with your arms extended with a slight.
Standing lat pulldown.
It both stretches and contracts the muscles of the lats latissimus dorsi as well as providing additional activation to the.
Recorded on october 28 2010 using a flip video camcorder.
Like reverse grip pulldowns the straight arm version targets the lower lats.
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.