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Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown

Either standing or seated on a high bench, grasp two stirrup cables that are attached to the high pulleys. Grab with the opposing hand so your arms are crisscrossed about you and your palms are facing forward.

Intermediate

The movement

Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown - Reach
1. Reach
Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown - Pull
2. Pull
Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown - Return
3. Return

About This Exercise

Either standing or seated on a high bench, grasp two stirrup cables that are attached to the high pulleys. Grab with the opposing hand so your arms are crisscrossed about you and your palms are facing forward.

1Setup

Either standing or seated on a high bench, grasp two stirrup cables that are attached to the high pulleys. Grab with the opposing hand so your arms are crisscrossed about you and your palms are facing forward.

2Execution

Keeping your chest up and maintaining a slight arch in your lower back, pull the handles down as if you were doing a regular pulldown. The range of motion will be more of an arc. During the movement, rotate your hands so that in the bottom position your palms face each other rather than forward. Return slowly to the starting position and repeat.

Train This Exercise

Quick workout with this exercise

Muscles Worked

Front

Back

Primary

Secondary

Biceps
Middle Back
Shoulders

How to programme it

Sets4
Default reps10
Rest60 sec
Movement patternPull
Movement typeCompound

Equipment