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Straight-arm pulldown

Difficulty Isolation movements

How to perform it

Lat isolation on a cable: in a slight forward lean, pull the bar or rope in an arc down to your thighs with nearly straight arms. Unlike the lat pulldown your elbows stay extended, so the biceps don't help.

Video demo

Equipment

  • Cable machine / Pull-up bar pulley systemMachine

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Lats
  • Rear delts
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Triceps – long head

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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