Lat Pull Downs for Your Back Workout

Video Transcript

"Okay, now I'm going to show you how to do a lat pull down using the rope from the high pulley on the cable. You want to make sure again that the pulley is locked in. Safety feature there, ok. Take a step back.Your feet are flat on the floor. Feet and knees together, your back is straight, again, slight bend in your knees, that's going to protect your lower back. Any kinda weight bearing exercises that you're doing from the top, you always want to make sure that your lower back is protected. So you want to start here, again, slight bend in your elbows, just want to pull that straight down and out. You want to begin here and end here. Your back is straight and your neck is neutral with your spine. Again, any kind of weight bearing exercises you want to make sure neck, your spine and your back are well protected. And the way you do that is to keep everything in the natural alignment. Down. You want start about here and stay nice and strong. Keep your back straight, nice and stabilized and down and back up. I'm going to show you a few more. Again, that's the proper execution if a lat pull down using a high pulley and a rope."