Cable Machine Exercises: Lateral Pull

Video Transcript

"A Lat Pull or Horizontal Adduction is good for working that, into that V shape, a big muscle that spans out through the back, attaches around into the front of the shoulder. You want to line up your wrist, elbow and shoulder so you, no need to really come out here wide because joints are going to dictate that that muscle bend shuts off. So if you line up your joints, you're going to get full engagement and recruitment of the lats. Come down here with your knees align with the hips, feet hip width apart, and you want to think of bringing your shoulder blades together and a slight lift in the chest before you even initiate the movement. And big inhale, exhale and just pulling the bar down, boom, right there is a good stopping point. Any further than that, I'm not really using lats and you're letting the lower back come in to play, and release. So inhale and we contract down, just to that chest bone, and release with a slight bend in the elbow. So you're keeping that muscle on a constant contraction by keeping a slight bend in the elbow, and bringing it just to the chest and no lower cause after that you're going to shut the lats off. You want to make sure you work in a good ten to fifteen rep range, one to three sets."