Comments on: From Dork to Diva: Lat pulldown

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:59:25 +0000

Thanks for the link and for all the great things you do here. Your site is just AWESOME!!!

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:46 +0000

Jessica: You can use a band for resistance:
http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Exercise+Band+Back+Lat+Pulldowns&table=exercises&ID=178

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:15 +0000

Is there a way this exercise (or something like it) can be performed with free weights at home? I’m trying to work my way up to being able to do pullups, but I’m a long, looong way off.
Thanks for your site — I often wished for it before I knew it existed.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:58:36 +0000

whoa! this is a revelation. i had no idea i was doing these wrong (just pulling the weight to in front of my face with a fairly neutral, no arched, spine) no wonder i never really felt any muscle activation!

By: Ramona

Ramona — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:03:38 +0000

Okay, I’m peeing my pants after reading what Kat wrote.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:11:06 +0000

I love this series of articles. However, I feel that you should amend the “Dork” section of this particular article to include a full rep of the wannabe’s lat pulldown:

1) “Screaming like banshees, they throw all their body weight backwards as they haul the bar down behind their neck.”

2) At the bottom of the movement, they release the weight in heedless abandon, dragging their shoulders out of their sockets like something from the Spanish Inquisition. Following this self-administered strappado, the inertial force of their bodies falling back to earth gives them a head start on Step 1.