Standing Rope J Pulldowns
Stand facing a cable stack with a straight bar attached to the high pulley.
Standing rope j pulldowns. It both stretches and contracts the muscles of the lats latissimus dorsi as well as providing additional activation to the. I use a rope for pull downs however if. 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. Recorded on october 28 2010 using a flip video camcorder.
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. 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. What is the straight arm pulldown t he straight arm pulldown exercise is a variation of the classic lat pulldown. Begin with your arms extended with a slight.