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Lat pulldown problem

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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 09:02 ( #1 ) When im performing Lat pulldown i feel as tho its not working my lats at all just my arms. Am i doing something wrong? cheers Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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hamiltonsfitness Total Posts : 1299 Reward points : 4413 Joined: 22/02/2005 Location: Hamiltons Fitness, Colchester Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 09:13 ( #2 ) post a video stuart hamilton Hamiltons Fitness Colchester, UK www.HamiltonsFitness.co.uk www.HamiltonsHealth.com
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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 09:42 ( #3 ) of myself? Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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naththebeast Total Posts : 2677 Reward points : 1392 Joined: 17/06/2008 Location: Brighton Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 10:49 ( #4 ) http://www.exrx.net/Wei...ntPulldownProLatBar.html Are you doing them like that? My journal, with pics. http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=3546471
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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 11:30 ( #5 ) yes just like that, n i dont feel it at all on my lats Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 11:54 ( #6 )

Hmm strange, when you pull the bar down try squeezing your shoulder blades togetther whislt pulling down (only a little - this helps my training partner anyway)
Also make sure the bar is coming all the way down to around the nipple line of the chest or even the bottom of the chest to get the full ROM.

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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 12:04 ( #7 ) well, ive only been bringing it to my chin and then slowly back up. Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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KILO* Total Posts : 54 Reward points : 1691 Joined: 14/10/2007 Location: South London Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 12:54 ( #8 ) IMO theres no need to come further down than your upper chest/clavicle. I found sitting with a proud chest (as in seated row) and trying to pull through your elbows rather than through your hands(sounds weird I know!) might help. Use other exercises as well to hit your lats.
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naththebeast Total Posts : 2677 Reward points : 1392 Joined: 17/06/2008 Location: Brighton Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 13:28 ( #9 ) As abve, however sometimes the larger range of movement can help, i feel it a lot more pulling further, just works differently for different people My journal, with pics. http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=3546471
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OchBugger Total Posts : 43 Reward points : 136 Joined: 02/10/2009 Location: Scotland Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 13:47 ( #10 ) you could try leaning back slightly when bar comes to chest make sure u get a good lat stretch when bar goes up.
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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 15:09 ( #11 ) so lean back you say away from the machine. what other lat exersices would you recommend Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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MonkFinger Total Posts : 4414 Reward points : 4308 Joined: 11/05/2004 Location: hampshire Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 15:33 ( #12 ) try some different bars and/or grip widths or chins and pullups with strict(ish) form seated rows traight arm pulldowns
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Re:Lat pulldown problem - 06 November 2009 15:37 ( #13 )

x2 with bringing the bar down to your lower chest..arch your back don't just lean back from the hips.

try doing pull ups on gymnastic rings and you'll see the benefits of pulling your body right up so your lower chest is in line with rings..

if i was to bring my body up till it was level with my upper chest i would have a poorer range of motion and not be able to perform a muscle up..

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Re:Lat pulldown problem - 08 November 2009 21:04 ( #14 )

Not sure if this helps but when I first started doing lat pulldowns, I didn't really have any lats at all, took probably a few weeks to a couple of months before I started to feel it, not sure if this is the reason, or if I finally started doing it right after that time.

Another tip though that may have helped is use just the four fingers of each hand, i.e. don't put your thumbs on the bar, and pull it down like that.

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blackbeef Total Posts : 15 Reward points : 116 Joined: 30/09/2009 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 13 November 2009 09:38 ( #15 ) try some wide grip pullups they really work the lats or some tbar rows
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supersaint007 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 3124 Joined: 24/10/2006 Status: offline Read my TROG	Reply to message Message Options Re:Lat pulldown problem - 13 November 2009 11:25 ( #16 ) I do, do Tbar row after lat pulldown i would do pullups instead of lat pulldown but am still incapable of doing anymore than 4 Height= 6ft 2 weight= 95kg bf= 18% lifts 1rm bench press = 100kg deadlift= 135kg squat= 140kg keep trying harder
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Re:Lat pulldown problem - 13 November 2009 11:33 ( #17 )

do 4-5 sets of lat pull ups to faliure , strict form, you will feel it hard. i cant do more than 5, but ive been doing sets to faliure and the doms the next day is unreal... never had a lat work out like it untill i started doing widegrip pullups,

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Re:Lat pulldown problem - 13 November 2009 12:27 ( #18 )

id say work on connecting with the muscle when you are at the base of the movement, i.e flex the muscle as hard as you can for a second.

also, when i allow the bar to go back up, i dont let it go to far up (let it go up so that you bi's are at 45 degrees to your forearm). this way, there is far more emphesis on the back and not on the arms.

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