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Exercise Lab

Lat Bar Pulldown

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Equipment

  • Torque TQ5 (Vertical Home Gym)

Muscle Groups

  • Back

Purposes

  • Upper back strength.

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Description

  • Attach lat bar to top swivel pulleys and set resistance.
  • Sit facing into machine with thighs tucked underneath cutouts in the back pad.
  • Grasp lat bar with palms facing machine, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
  • Slightly retract shoulder blades and pull bar to top of chest, return to start position without locking elbows and repeat.

ProTip

  • "Pull" the weight with the latissimus dorsi muscles (the upper back).

Mistakes

  • Leaning back excessively.
  • Shrugging the shoulders up as you pull down.