Cables provide constant tension on the muscles Easy to add variations in grip width, style, or torso angle for variety Type:Strength Main Muscle Worked:Lats Equipment:Cable Level: Intermediate 8.6 Average Lat pull-down Images Show female images and videos ...
This is where the lat pulldown, sometimes called the front pulldown, comes in. It’s equally effective for beginners, intermediates, and advanced lifters because it can be performed with a variety of attachments and requires minimal equipment to execute. Here’s how to get the most out of ...
Muscles Worked by the Lat Pulldown The lat pulldown is a back-specific movement that allows you to isolate the lats to a very high degree. The primary muscles worked in lat pulldowns are going to be in your back. But you may also feel your biceps and forearms kicking in. This is ...
The lat pulldown also stimulates your pectoralis minor, the smaller and deeper of your two chest muscles. Is lat pulldown good for shoulders? Lat pulldowns can be effective at correcting the rounded-back, forward-head posture we often see today. They train our body to depress (bring down)...
The trapezius is divided into two main sections: the upper and lower traps. Upper Traps: These muscle fibers are the most visible part of the trapezius and sit at the top of your shoulder muscles, running from the base of your skull down to about the level of your collarbone. They help...
2. Barbell shoulder shrug - On this particular exercise Richard, by the strength of his trapezius muscles alone moved mega poundage by raising his shoulders in a very direct up-and-down shrugging motion, trying like mad to touch his traps to his ears while at the same time extending his ...