Lateral Pull Exercise Tips

Series Summary

With the steady trend of obesity in the general public and the recently massive increase in child and adolescent obesity, it is even more important to learn a variety of easy, and affordable methods of exercising. Bodyweight exercises differ from free-weight lifting in that they utilize body weight and sometimes very little equipment such as dumbbells that may be performed at home, work, or most anywhere you may be – which may just suit the present obesity problem perfectly.

In this free bodyweight exercise video series Carole Childers, a personal trainer, demonstrates a variety of dumbbell exercises such as the basic bicep curl, hammer curl, lat curls, and squats, lunges and ab workouts. You'll also learn how to do tricep dip exercises using a physio ball, front and lateral shoulder raises, and rear deltoid lift exercises that all help to increase strength and mass in your upper body.

Video Transcript

"Lap pulls are on of the most effective exercises for a large muscle group that supports the spine. It is one of the most common exercises done incorrectly in the gym. The first thing you want to do is to remember, the lats pull horizontal abduction, so they are going to pull this way, you want to pull with your line of direction. You want to line up the joints, the muscles are going to fire towards the belly boom, boom, boom, boom, the joints got an infinite number of directions it can pull and the muscle are going to follow that. The next best thing is to think neutral posture, neutral pelvis and retract and the shoulder blades before you even start the movement, that is called the basement of the movement. Then you are going to take a big inhale and as you pull and direct your elbows towards your side exhale that is the resistance move right there. Inhale release slowly, in control and exhale pull down and just to a stopping point boom where those elbows are right beside you and you can see them in your peripheral vision, and exhale on the way up and that is how you do an effective lap pull."