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Weightroom is a community for barbell and dumbbell strength and hypertrophy training, including powerlifting, beginner routines, conditioning and serious gym progress.

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Cross body kneeling 1-arm pulldowns (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/Weightroom@sh.itjust.works

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I gave these a try again after listening to Eric Helms talk about them on the 3DMJ podcost, and holy hell these lit up my lats. Just wanted to mention these in case you're looking for a back hypertrophy exercise that hits the lats really well.

I set up letting at around a 30 degree angle from a high pulley and brace myself on something (a box in my case). I let the weight pull my arm up and across my body, get a good stretch in my lat, then pull my elbow down to my hip.

IIRC the cross body variation is done because it increases the stretch on the lats.

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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly! I'm still feeling it today. Not that soreness is necessarily an indicator of effectiveness, but damn, I am feeling these in parts of my lats that I never feel with bentover rows or pullups.