Activate Your Lats When Doing Pulldowns

A lat pulldown mistake is flaring the elbows to the sides. This happens when you focus on pulling towards your neck rather than your chest. When you do pulldowns like this it minimizes the activation of the lats and shifts the emphasis towards biceps and upper back. What you want to do instead is tuck in your elbows and focus on pulling towards the upper chest to get the maximal amount of lat activation.

[duncanmcgowan]

People who looked this up while in the gym
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[imnotrudd]

I was questioning myself in a while why i feel mt triceps more than my back in lat pull down 💀💀💀

[hubianhubhub]

Keep in mind the "wrong" from can still be used for an upper back workout.

[apun]

I did the elbow thing wrong for so long. I can finally feel the proper muscles being used

[MassiveHappyClapper]

I feel confused about the elbow tuck part.

[DCfreerunner]

if you use an actual lat pull-down machine the seat let's you lean back cause your legs are locked in and then your back can actually do the right position. You're supposed to flare out your elbows to activate your back. Using the right machine with the right form you would notice, you're hunched over and your back is rounded forward.

[timothybanks]

Now I know more about the pull-down, Thank You.🔥💯👍🏼

[kcajffoc]

I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time lmao

[emanuelegaddi]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tho, it depends on what muscles you want to target

[robertimmanuel]

I was wondering why my shoulders hurt. Thanks a lot

[finemeister]

Pull down toward the hips, where the lats attach.

[syridere]

As another commentator said, you should be pulling toward your hips.

[sameeramahmood]

This means I have been doing this wrong 😐 for a while

[WiseOneSun]

Or... you could do chest to bar pull ups and know the elbows will automatically move To their proper position and alignment!

[ivobudinovic]

This can best be achieved on Crossover where both Arms are working independently one from another by pulling with the elbows

[Andre]

Probably a real natty here. Thanks man.

[Nost]

For the lat, always pack on the very outside. Or just do pull-ups.

[sreekantht.m]

Can anyone explain how to tuck in the elbows Actually. Can't understand from the video

[singaporechickenrice]

tucked in your elbow wtf does that even mean

[dineshdatabase]

bro...in your videos..u aren't showing more clear view on the right form..