How to Do Lateral Pull Tubing Exercises

Video Transcript

"The first exercise for our totally tubing series is the lat pull down. The lats are the large muscles that come along the side of the back. They actually insert into the humorous of the arms. When you pull your arm down to the side, you'll be contracting that muscle. I want you to hold on to the handles and then just hold into the center of the tube. Again, not wrapping your hand or the tube around your hand. We're just going to hold in the center. Bring your arms up over your head and make sure you bring your shoulder blades down. If I can show you from the side. I don't want my shoulder blades elevated. I want to pull down. For the lat pull, this tubing wants to be tight on the top. I'm going to pull against the resistance. As I push one hand up to the ceiling, I'm pulling the elbow down to the side to contract the latissimus dorsi muscle in the back. If I do both arms at the same time, it begins a lat pull. Then at this point in time, my triceps take over. Not that it's bad exercise. It just depends on what goal you have. We're just doing the lats. Again, I'm going to push one hand to the ceiling. As the opposite hand pulls down to the side, I can do it with the elbow bent, which would be easier than doing a straight arm lat pull. I vary the resistance by where I hold on the tubing. This is my lat pull. Simulating what you might see in the gym. A seated lat pull exercise. Again, lat pull for the muscles along the side of the back."