Lat pulldown and pull-up are good exercises for back training, but straight arm pulldown is much better than pull-up, so many people like to do wide grip lat pulldown when they go to the gym, but lateral pull down is not done casually. If you don't know the standard movements and do things carelessly, you will not only fail to achieve the best fitness effect, but also cause a certain degree of damage to your body, So before you do straight arm lat pulldown, you must first understand the standard action. Let's explain it to you.

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Point 1: keep your upper body upright

Many fitness actions that need to be done in a sitting position require that the upper body be kept upright. The more direct point is to keep your chest up and don't have a hunchback, sit upside down, and pull down from a high position, especially because it is an action that mainly exercises the back muscles. If you don't sit up straight, the thoracic spine and spine will be affected, the force generating part is wrong, the pressure on the bones is also easy to go wrong, and a long time will cause joint problems, There may even be slight injury and dislocation, so when preparing for the action, be sure to keep your chest and back straight.

Point 2: pull down in place

The second key point of neutral grip pulldown is that the pull-down should be in place, so what is in place? In fact, it is very simple, that is, every action, it is best to pull to the position of chest muscle, that is, in front of the chest, not to the shoulder or clavicle to start the next action. Otherwise, the exercise effect is certainly not very good, because the target muscle of V bar pulldown is latissimus dorsi. If it is not pulled down in place, the exercise effect of latissimus dorsi is very poor, and it will increase the pressure on the shoulder and may damage the shoulder joint.

Point 3: keep your arms vertical

The third key point of wide grip pulldown is that the arm should be vertical. This sentence refers to that when pulling down, the forearm and the ground should always be vertical, not skewed, forming a certain angle, so that the trapezius muscle will be used more.