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.
Great upper back lat exercise.
Begin with your arms extended with a slight.
Grasp the bar with a shoulder width grip and step back a foot or two so the weight doesn t rest on the stack.
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.
What is the straight arm pulldown t he straight arm pulldown exercise is a variation of the classic lat pulldown.
I use a rope for pull downs however if.
In this case you perform the movement standing and keep your elbows locked out the entire time.
It can either be performed in an athletic upright stance or slightly bent over.
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.
This is one of my favorite exercises that targets the upper middle and lower back muscles if done with proper form.