8 Lat Pulldown Mistakes and How to Fix Them

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[WolfCoaching]

0:14 Opening remarks
0:40 Mistake #1 – Not doing the bottom portion of the ROM
1:47 Mistake #2 – Not doing the top portion of the ROM
2:31 Mistake #3 – Thinking there’s a magic grip
3:39 Mistake #4 – Excessive body English
4:31 Mistake #5 – Excessive strictness
5:21 Mistake #6 – Too little or too much elbow bend
6:12 Mistake #7 – Going too heavy
7:14 Mistake #8 – Letting your grip become a limiting factor
8:30 Concluding remarks – individualize technique

[REVIVALFitness]

Dang I'm here before the timestamp guy

[iszakkiwami]

Been working out for 4 years and this still comes very handy and helpful, thanks!

[MrKimijo]

would like to see one of these for the bent over row

[pratik]

thanks for this. i've been struggling to get the form right to feel it through my lats.

I like the use of someone doing the exercise as you explain! fantastic presentation!

[joedivita]

Thank you for this video. I do lat pull downs and I feel nothing. I think I don’t have Lats! I don’t get sore. I don’t get fatigued. I feel nothing. My lats are dead to me. Very frustrating. What stops me when doing this exercise is that my elbows get sore that’s it. But seriously- people can feel their lats ? Damn ! No wonder why I see no results. This is a popular exercise at the gym. That being said, the vast majority of people at the gym doing lat pull downs do not have well-developed backs. They do not have big lats, so I just think these back muscles are just very difficult to target and develop?

[jesuguru]

1) Seated cable row
2) Best body, leg, arm positions for one-arm dumbbell row
Thanks!

[TonyMontana-xffr]

Facts. Respect man. I watch so much vid and none work. I tried what works for me. And i actually felt my lats being worked out. Do whats best for u. Experiment with ur body. 💪 not every one muscles may build with the same workout.

[sayanbiswas_sports]

Best form and techniques video ever seen.

[ivhead]

Tip 6 dead hang, thank you so much, has carry over to so many similar movements :)))

[saharabarn]

I really appriciate these videos and I learn a lot from them. If you could do one on barbell bent over rows that would be awesome. Thanks so much!

[blakewescott]

Awesome video! My grip strength was definitely failing before my back, I invested in some wrist straps, night and day difference!

[haroonabassi]

"They have to use less weight to go all the way down and they feel *INSULTED* by that"
In an alternate time line you were that one chill but really nonchalantly savage drill instructor/petty officer
The one with such a quick delivery that the recruits don't mind the insults since they actually help make the day go by a little quicker lol

[-adrian]

Always get to watch a new video at lunch time thanks Mike.

[victorognev]

Mike, do facepulls and pendlay row pls.

[brutalgarden]

I asked in my mind and received it. Weird but much appreciated

[nzigpek]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN YOU REALY HELPED ME

[hcpizhj]

I've only ever had one workout like 4 years ago where I actually had an insane mind muscle connection with my lats and got a scary pump. So I was like "oh shit, I guess that's how it's supposed to feel" and was super excited to hit back again now that I had "figured it out", but I've never come close to ever having another set with that great a mind muscle connection so I stopped with the pulldowns and made weighted pullups my lover. :(

edit: usually my biceps fatigue first even though I wear versagripps. I've tried "pulling through my pinkies" and used different grip widths. Any body have a similar problem and figured it out? I can connect with my lats on other exercises, so not sure what the issue is with pulldowns.

[Frip]

This guy is good.

Pros:

Quality mic: His voice isn't echoing around the walls of the gym. Good clarity.

Voice: Doesn't have annoying voice, like many gym-guy YouTubers do. It's smooth, chesty (instead of nasally), and well modulated. Also he isn't shouting. As many gym-videos guys do. And like a very popular gym-guy YouTuber does, who talks in an alarmist tone as if the gym is on fire. It causes stress in the listener to be yelled at.

Content: This guy doesn't say too little, or too much. He says pretty much what needs to be said. Thoughtful and easy to understand.

Visuals: He uses a partner to do the exercise while he himself explains. This is better than just one guy for obvious reasons.

I've only watched 2 of his vids, and I can see why he's got nearly 500K subs. Looking forward to learning proper motion etc.

[kylesunfit]

Love these videos. Keep them coming please !