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Cable Reverse Grip Pulldown
Muscles involved
The cable reverse grip pulldown uses palms facing you. It trains the lats and biceps through a long range.
How to do it
- Attach a straight bar to a high pulley, sit on the machine, and grasp the bar with an underhand grip (palms facing you) at shoulder width.
- Lean back slightly, keep your chest up, and pull the bar down towards your upper chest by driving your elbows down and back.
- Pause at the bottom, squeezing your biceps and lats together.
- Slowly and in a controlled manner, allow the bar to return to the starting position overhead.
Equipment required
Muscles worked
Tips
- Lean back slightly to create a better angle for engaging your lats and biceps. - Keep your chest up and pulled towards the bar throughout the movement. - Drive your elbows down and back to initiate the pull, not your hands. - Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the bottom to maximize lat contraction.
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Cable Reverse Grip Pulldown: which muscles does it work?
Cable Reverse Grip Pulldown mainly works: Back. It also involves: Latissimus dorsi.
What is Cable Reverse Grip Pulldown good for?
The cable reverse grip pulldown uses palms facing you. It trains the lats and biceps through a long range.
How do you do Cable Reverse Grip Pulldown with proper form?
- Lean back slightly to create a better angle for engaging your lats and biceps. - Keep your chest up and pulled towards the bar throughout the movement. - Drive your elbows down and back to initiate the pull, not your hands.
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