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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.
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 ...
This exercise is performed sitting on the floor with knees bent like in a "sit-up" position with the back typically kept off the floor at an angle of 45°. In this position, the extended arms are swung from one side to another in a twisting motion with or without weight. Equipment: body weight, kettlebell, medicine ball, or dumbbell.
When the arms are in a fixed overhead position, the latissimus dorsi pulls the trunk upward and forward. [ 8 ] It has a synergistic role in extension (posterior fibers) and lateral flexion (anterior fibers) of the lumbar spine, and assists as a muscle of both forced expiration (anterior fibers) and an accessory muscle of inspiration (posterior ...
Denise Austin demonstrated “three easy exercises” to “firm” and “sculpt” arms. She said the “simple and effective” moves help tone. Here’s how to do each.
The weight is lifted towards the hip until elbow bends past 90° and the humerus is in line with the back, then lowered to the original position. One arm barbell bent-over row: [1] Done in a nearly identical fashion as the one arm dumbbell, but with the added instability of a long bar. This necessitated greater work by the radial and ulnar ...
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.
When using the Pec Dec machine the hands grip two handles at head height, while the forearms push against two pads at chest height. [2] The anterior deltoids are used as synergists in both variations. The biceps brachii act as a synergist in the seated lever exercise, but not on the Pec Dec due to the raised arm position.