How to Do
How to Do Seated Cable Lat Pulldown
Depending on the bar type used at your gym, grip the bar tightly with both hands perpendicular to the bar. Be sure your grip is not too close together or too spread apart as this puts unneeded stress on your wrists. Depending on which you find more comfortable, you can use an overhand or underhand grip. Also, be sure to keep your head in a neutral position and not let it protrude forward anytime during the lift as that can cause stress on your neck and spine.
Beginning
Beginning Lat Pulldown
Once you find a comfortable grip, depending on the machine, lean slightly backward so that when you begin to pull the bar downward it will come in front of you towards the top of your chest.
Movement
Lat Pulldown Movement
1. From the starting position described, draw your navel or belly button towards your spine to tighten your core for stabilization.
2. Be sure to keep a natural spine alignment and slowly begin to pull the bar straight downward.
3. Once you have pulled the bar down as close to your chest as your flexibility allows, pause for a second and let the weight begin to rise back upwards in a controlled motion.
4. Repeat this movement while always maintaining a slow and controlled speed.
Benefits
Lat Pulldown Benefits
The lat pulldown is an excellent exercise for strengthening the latissimus dorsi muscle, which is the broadest muscle in your back and promotes good posture and spinal stability. Form is essential when performing a lat pulldown in order to avoid injury and achieve the best results.
Exercise Aliases
Cable lat pulldown form, front lat pulldown exercise, seated lat pulldown benefits, how to do the proper technique, proper lat pulldown form.
