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2. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   The pull-down is extremely similar to the pull-up, but uses moving external weights or resistance with a fixed body rather than a fixed bar and a moving body. This makes the pull-down an open-chain movement and the pull-up a closed-chain movement. The weight moved can also be adjusted to be more or less than the weight of the person doing the ...

3. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   Pulldown machine. The pulldown is performed while seated by pulling a wide bar down towards the upper chest or behind the neck. This is a compound exercise that also involves the biceps, forearms, and the rear deltoids. Equipment: cable machine or pulldown machine.

4. Leg press - Wikipedia

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   The leg press can be used to evaluate an athlete's overall lower body strength (from the gluteus Maximus to the lower leg muscles). It can help to build squat strength. [ 2 ] If performed correctly, the inclined leg press can help build knees that can handle heavier free weights, [ 3 ] on the other hand, it also carries a risk of serious damage ...

5. 4 Lat Pulldown Alternatives to Build a Bigger Back - AOL

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   The lat pulldown is a key exercise to grow your back muscles. If you don't have a machine, these 4 lat pulldown alternatives will bring you similar results.

6. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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   A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...

7. Cable machine - Wikipedia

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   The upright row is one exercise that can be performed on the cable machine. A cable machine is an item of equipment used in weight training or functional training.It consists of a rectangular, vertically oriented steel frame about 3 metres wide and 2 metres high, with a weight stack attached via a cable and pulley system to one or more handles. [1]