Today's tip is about the Lat Pulldown. The lat pulldown is a staple in most back workouts. One big thing to avoid while doing these is leaning back and using momentum to pull the weight. I see it a lot. People leaning back, using their weight, as their first motion to pull the weight. You're not doing anything with your lats by doing this and you can actually move the weight significantly by just leaning back...not what you want to be doing.
Instead, what you should focus on is keeping your body upright with a slight lean back and you should stay in this position throughout the movement. Focus on your elbows, not your hands, because if you focus on your hands pulling the bar you'll have a tendency to use more of your biceps, again, not what we're focusing on. Work on that mind muscle connection and concentrate on pulling the bar by the means of your elbows as low as you can trying to touch the top of your chest. It's ok the last few reps if you can't quite touch your chest with the bar, but if you find yourself not being able to touch your chest in the begin few reps, then you're going too heavy, lighten the weight.
Hope you find this tip useful the next time you do lat pulldowns. Make sure to check back next Tuesday for another Tuesday Training Tip and you can find more training tips and fitness related topics by connecting with me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (and for some reason the Instagram icon keeps disappearing, but if you hover over the blank space next to the Facebook icon, it's there). Just click the icons on my site and you'll be directed to these accounts. Have a great Tuesday! :)
- Mike
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