How To Do A Lat Pulldown - For Beginners

Watch how to make simple D.I.Y. weights for home workouts:

For home workouts, watch how to do pulldowns with resistance bands:

Here are a few simple keys to effectively work and feel your lats and teres major with the pulldown, as well as a few common mistakes done with the exercise.

Once you lock in on the mind/muscle connection and advance in your training, you can then progress with alternate grips and dynamics.

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[COACHFRANK]

2:45 I did not expect this bit of wholesome to be thrown in there

[kpetrova]

I'm a beginner in the Gym and I'm really shy thank you for this vid. Appreciate it.

[courtneylebouef]

Awesome video. Just recently I’ve noticed that when I do these I don’t feel anything in my last and it’s hard to correct myself because I don’t have a gym partner to inspect my form so this is helping me correct my deficiencies and maintain that range of motion to engage my lats

[vertigo]

Getting over a partial supraspinatous impingement right now. Definitely wish I would have seen this a year ago. "Cracking a walnut" is going to be my new pulldown/pullup mantra

[kml]

Honestly this was the most effective tutorial I’ve watched

[cobraaction]

I do pull ups and my favourite exercise. One of the exercises I do is train with the lat pull down were I bring it all the way down to my waist. The reason is for muscle ups. Sick of people coming up to me telling me its wrong. The reason why someone is doing it "wrong" could quite well be they have a different objective than the norm

[rampar]

This was 100% correct. Tilt the head back and keep the back vertical at all time.

[HilaryIsOkayssss]

Thank you!!! I’ve just started going back to the gym and I was too scared to try this because I knew it’s easy to mess this up. I’ll check out your website as well. Thank you, and make more videos.

[johnerwin]

few mention elbow placement in their videos, you do, BIG help- -

[murtazazd]

God bless u bro, that was really help full, i just realize that i was doing it wrong the hole time.. Now I'm gonna do it right, thanx to u..

[theburningelement.]

My favorite working out move it allways blast my forearms to

[healthyselfie]

One of the best demonstrations out there on YouTube! Plus, brownie points for the “I love you” shout out to your wife!! Thanks a ton!

Could you please do a video on underhand lat pulldowns? Thanks again!!

[christopherjacobs]

Damn dude I'm from gerritsen and just started hitting the gym a few weeks ago in Ridgewood (convenient for work). Been researching a bunch of workouts my trainer went over w me and I liked the walnut analogy. Helps to visualize better than most other videos I've seen

[TOTALLYGNVRLY]

Thanks this really helped. I was having a lot of issues feeling it in my back while working out.

[METALCOP]

From Bay Ridge Brooklyn watching in Japan.

[filipb.]

Thank You, I just started going to the gym and wanted to do lat pulldown properly - I'll check the tips later today, great & very informative video.

[msmibeauty_]

Thank you so much for this. I was doing it wrong so now I will try it the right way at the gym tomorrow

[consecrated]

My physical therapist prescribed 4x12 of these. Awesome vid thanks

[natureswaylawncare]

Cool vid. I cringe when I see some people at the gym lift and all they’re doing is using momentum. I’m all for exercising and to each his own but it just gets me.

[JJ-pufc]

cracking the walnut, great mnemonic thanks bro