Straight-Arm Pulldown

Target Muscles

How to do it

1. 1Stand facing a high cable with a straight bar or rope.
2. 2Keep your arms straight with a slight elbow bend.
3. 3Pull the bar down in an arc to your thighs.
4. 4Return with control, feeling the stretch in your lats.

Tips

• *Great lat isolation exercise — feel the stretch at the top.
• *Don't bend your elbows — this isn't a pushdown.
• *Hinge slightly at the hips for better range of motion.