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I tried lat pulldown on my cable crossover yesterday.
Grab one high handle in each hand, sit on bench in middle, pull in and down. How does this compare to doing a standard lat pulldown with a bar or with closer spaced overhead pulleys?
Trying to figure out if buying a lat pulldown is worthwhile...
I saw some old veterans on maxs muscle tv doing it at the end of their workout and gave it a try. I think I would only do it if I was in a rush and all 4 lat pulldowns were in use..
I gave these a go once when the pull downs were all taken, didn't really feel the lats working as much as the conventional pull downs and my arms gave out.
I have lots of bands, but at the top of the movement when I struggle most they don't help much (not very stretched). I do inverted rows and try to do negatives at present but not much is improving.
I have lots of bands, but at the top of the movement when I struggle most they don't help much (not very stretched). I do inverted rows and try to do negatives at present but not much is improving.
Selkow has a pull up progression that works
10 sets of 1
10 sets of 2
8 sets of 3
7 sets of 4
6 sets of 5
5 sets of 6...
And so forth. Keep the total reps in the 24-30 ballpark. Do 3x per week.
Note this is for people who can only do 1 or 2 reps. The first few cycles should go really fast. The 4's and 5's sometimes take a while to progress beyond.
OR go out do as many as you can. Then do sets with half that number for 24-30 reps.