Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown
How to do it
- Attach a rope to a high pulley and make your weight selection. Stand a couple feet back from the pulley with your feet staggered and take the rope with both hands. Lean forward from the hip, keeping your back straight, with your arms extended up in front of you. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your arms straight, extend the shoulder to pull the rope down to your thighs.
- Pause at the bottom of the motion, squeezing your lats.
- Return to the starting position without allowing the weight to fully rest on the stack.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown work?
- Mainly the lats.
- What equipment do I need?
- Cable.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More lats exercises
- Cable Incline Pushdown
- Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown
- Elevated Cable Rows
- Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown
- Kneeling High Pulley Row
- Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.