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.
Standing rope j pulldowns.
Begin with your arms extended with a slight.
This is one of my favorite exercises that targets the upper middle and lower back muscles if done with proper form.
Stand facing a cable stack with a straight bar attached to the high pulley.
What is the straight arm pulldown t he straight arm pulldown exercise is a variation of the classic lat pulldown.
It both stretches and contracts the muscles of the lats latissimus dorsi as well as providing additional activation to the.
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.
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.
Like reverse grip pulldowns the straight arm version targets the lower lats.
Grasp the bar with a shoulder width grip and step back a foot or two so the weight doesn t rest on the stack.
Great upper back lat exercise.