Lat Pulldowns

Mr_SA
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18 Aug 2009 11:12 #20230 by Mr_SA

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Hey guys

When doing Lat Pull Downs...
Do YOU do them to the front (touching your chest), or to the back (Behind your neck)???
I have just seen so man guys doing them different ways, so thought it would be interesting to see the feedback.

Give it a shot, you're only TESTing it...

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Jayman
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18 Aug 2009 11:16 #20231 by Jayman

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to the front to activate you're lats more

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00pump
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18 Aug 2009 11:27 #20238 by 00pump

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Depends what you trying to achieve, behind the neck is dangerous if not done with good form, there is new equipment out that helps to do these moves safley..

one must combine them to hit varies parts of the back...

once again all depends on where you require more work to be done...

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missiondh
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18 Aug 2009 11:27 #20239 by missiondh

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I usually rotate between the two styles.

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Sting
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18 Aug 2009 11:33 #20242 by Sting

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Mr_SA wrote:

Hey guys

When doing Lat Pull Downs...
Do YOU do them to the front (touching your chest), or to the back (Behind your neck)???
I have just seen so man guys doing them different ways, so thought it would be interesting to see the feedback.

To the front. Most people I see do it to the neck. You isolate the lats more by bringing the pull downs to the chest and its risky doing them to the neck, there's always a chance that you will injure your neck.

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North_Boy1
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18 Aug 2009 11:33 #20243 by North_Boy1

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I don't do behind neck due to the possible damage to your rotator cuff. Apparently that is a different kind of sore injury.

If everybody does it, is it still cheating?

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00pump
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18 Aug 2009 11:39 #20248 by 00pump

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I have issue with rotator cuff but was caused by peck deck...

I can do behind the neck safely and it grows your lats, lights out....

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Mr_SA
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18 Aug 2009 11:53 #20258 by Mr_SA

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I do them to the front, and after 3 sets to the front, i then do just one set to the back....

Give it a shot, you're only TESTing it...

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Happyraven
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18 Aug 2009 11:54 #20259 by Happyraven

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Definately Front... doing behind the neck when i started training 6 years ago actually injured my rotator cuff badly

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jackrabbit1
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18 Aug 2009 12:15 #20264 by jackrabbit1

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Dorian Yates, in one of his training vids, said that you should be able to stop mid-way through the movement otherwise youre going too heavy.
I agree. If i dont feel the muscle popping there is something wrong - too heavy or form not up to scratch.
Heavy as possible but still feeling the contraction.
Pulldowns for me is to the front. Shoulder problems.
Full stretch, fairly slow pull down with a slight pause at the full contraction point.
Back is my most improved body part this year.

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tiny
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18 Aug 2009 13:57 #20274 by tiny

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Nothing can work your lats better than chinups,i think lat pulldowns are low-grade versions of chinups.Over-hand and under-hand chinups force you to lift your entire bodyweight thereby giving your lats the maximum possible force it needs to grow this stubborn muscle.And if you can do more than 15 reps of chinups in one set then you need to add a weight belt around your waist to go harder.

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00pump
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18 Aug 2009 14:03 #20275 by 00pump

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Arnold says the only 1 move you need to do is chins... it adds roadmaps into your back... it works quite well for me too..

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Happyraven
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18 Aug 2009 14:07 #20276 by Happyraven

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Arnie also made sure he did 100 reps of chin ups everytime he did back!!!

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acidkidsa
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18 Aug 2009 14:20 #20277 by acidkidsa

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I love chin ups. I normally do around 50 or so

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vega5
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18 Aug 2009 22:49 #20312 by vega5

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I've always wanted to try it because according to Lee Haney that's almost all that he done. Personally I like reverse grip pull downs, makes for more thicker muscles.

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00pump
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19 Aug 2009 07:43 #20316 by 00pump

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vega5 wrote:

I've always wanted to try it because according to Lee Haney that's almost all that he done. Personally I like reverse grip pull downs, makes for more thicker muscles.

it does add a nice dense muscle.. but if you want width you need those wide grip pull ups / bent over rows.

my idea back work out, bent over rows and t-bar... bent over rows (wide, then shoulder width) then hands under and row (close grip and then shoulder width)

nice growth!

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Inja
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19 Aug 2009 22:41 #20443 by Inja

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Pulldowns to chest and bent over rows.

Sorry if I offend you
Its just my point of view

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vega5
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20 Aug 2009 07:07 #20457 by vega5

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Heavy one arm row are also great

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