Lat Pullover Machine

How to do it

1. Sit in the machine with your back against the pad and adjust the seat so the handles line up just above shoulder height.
2. Grip the handles or bar with a shoulder-width overhand grip and brace the core before starting the pull.
3. Pull the handles down and back in an arcing path toward your hips, driving the movement through the latissimus dorsi.
4. Keep the elbows slightly bent and moving in the same plane throughout rather than bending them further as you pull.
5. Exhale as you pull the handles down and inhale as you allow them to return to the stretched overhead position with control.
6. Keep the chest up and avoid rounding the shoulders forward at the bottom, which is the common fault on this machine.

Muscles worked

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