Lat Pull Down

Teaching Points

• Attach the centre of the band to a stationary object above your head
  
  
• Hold the ends of the band in your hands
  
  
• Start with your arms out in front of you, elbows straight and hands above head level
  
  
• Bend your elbows and pull your hands back to chest level
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Muscles Worked

• Latissimus Dorsi
  
  
• Biceps Brachii

Alternative exercises

• Lat pull down resistance machine
  
  
• Chin-ups
  
  
• Assisted chin-ups

Related Injuries

• Postural kyphosis