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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Inner two vertical kneeling. Outer two squatting/kneeling. Kneeling is a basic human position where one or both knees touch the ground. It is used as a resting position, during childbirth and as an expression of reverence and submission. While kneeling, the angle between the legs can vary from zero to widely splayed out, flexibility permitting.

  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. Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    Some organizations allow women to use a flexed arm hang as a substitute for a pull up in fitness tests after discovering that few female recruits could complete a pull-up. According to a 2003 study in college-age women, one third of participants were able to complete a pull-up after a twelve-week full-body strength training program. [21]

  7. Why women tend to struggle with pull-ups, according to experts

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    Yet just because women tend to have less muscle strength in their upper extremities — making pull-ups a challenge — doesn’t mean that they have to miss out on all of the benefits a pull-up ...

  8. Professional wrestling holds - Wikipedia

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    For a full nelson, the attacker slips both their arms under the opponent's armpits and locks their hands behind their opponent's neck. The half and three-quarter nelsons are usually transition holds, as they are in amateur wrestling. For the half nelson the attacker slips one arm under the opponent's armpit and places it on the neck.

  9. Backbreaker - Wikipedia

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    Nikki Bella setting up to perform the Rack Attack (Argentine backbreaker drop) on Naomi.. This submission hold, better known as a Torture Rack or simply a rack, sees the attacking wrestler carrying the opponent face-up across his own shoulders, before hooking the opponent's head with one hand and a leg with the other to then pull down on both ends to hyperextend the opponent's back and force a ...