Latteral Pull Down


Equipment and/or Primary Target:
Muscles Exercised: Back , Biceps

Dorian Yates: Underhand Grip Pulldown

Coaching Points

Exercise Name: Lateral Pull down

Equipment and/or Primary Target: Pull down Machine

Muscles Exercised: Back, Biceps

Start by grabbing the bar using an underhand grip so you do not strain your lats with too much weight. Sit down on the bench locking your thighs into the thigh pads. Lean back slightly and pull the bar down to your chest. The ideal motion for this exercise is for your arm to go down and back.

Name issue

Cyclops's picture
On January 30th, 2009 Cyclops says:

Not to be "that guy," but the title of this exercise is "Latteral Pull Down." Now, this may be a bit picky and anal, but there is nothing latteral about this exercise. The "lat" that people use to name this exercise refers to the muscle being trained, the lats, or latissimus Dorsi. Lateral referes to a sideways motion. Thanks for bearing with me, had to get it off my chest.