Straight-Arm Lat Pulldowns
To execute straight-arm lat pulldowns, stand in front of the machine and grab the bar with an overhand grip. Your arms should be extended in front of you and about shoulder-width apart with a slight bend in your elbows. With your back straight and your knees slightly bent, pull the bar down past your waist while keeping your arms straight.
Lower the bar until it reaches your legs, then slowly return to the starting position.
Tips
* This exercise mainly develops the latissimus dorsi. An additional benefit of this movement is that it strengthens the long head of the triceps and the teres major, thereby reinforcing the hinge that connects the arms to the torso.
* The key to this movement is to use light weights and keep your arms extended in front of you throughout the range of motion to feel the work in your back. You do not want to sacrifice your form by bending at the elbows too much in order to lift heavier weights or else this movement will become too much like
pushdowns
and thus, work the triceps more than the back.
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