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  2. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    Cable pull-down exercise to the front with a medium-width overhand (pronated) grip. The pull-down exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle. It performs the functions of downward rotation and depression of the scapulae combined with adduction and extension of the shoulder joint.

  3. The Best Lat Exercises to Build a Stronger Back - AOL

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    Close-Grip Lat Pulldown. Why: Switch up the handle and narrow your grip for this pulldown variation, which allows you to increase the range of motion of your pull. This will also provide a safer ...

  4. United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test - Wikipedia

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    For this test, Marines choose to either perform pull-ups or push-ups. However, the maximum score is only attainable if pull-ups are chosen. The pull-ups may be done with either an overhand (pronated) grip or an underhand (supinated) "chin-up" grip. Changes in grip are allowed as long as the feet do not touch the ground and only the hands come ...

  5. Inverted row - Wikipedia

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    The lifter holds the bar with an overhand grip, straight arms, straight body, upper body hanging with heels on the ground close together. The lifter pulls the chest toward the bar until it touches, before returning to the starting position under control. Good form means that the body is kept straight throughout the movement.

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  7. Bent-over row - Wikipedia

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    Yates row: [5] [1] named after Dorian Yates; a row done with underhand grip and a slightly more upright torso than a regular row. Two-arm smith machine bent-over-row. This version is similar to the two arm barbell row but utilizes a smith machine bar instead of a barbell, allowing for safer and more controlled movements. [6] One arm rows:

  8. Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. marine performing a pull-up. A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise.The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up.

  9. Latissimus dorsi muscle - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] This muscular form is found in ~5% of humans and is sometimes termed the latissimocondyloideus. [5] The latissimus dorsi crosses the inferior angle of the scapula. A study found that, of 100 cadavers dissected: [6] 43% had "a substantial amount" of fibers in the latissimus dorsi originating from the scapula.