Lat Pull Downs
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doubledomer
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Lat Pull Downs
One more Q. What's the difference between pulling the bar down behind your head and leaning back a bit and bring the bar down to your chest? Advantages? disadvantages?
Pulling the Bar behind your head isn't a natural movement.
If you had your Arms in the same position as a Tricep DB Press, then pulling a Bar down would cause a bump on the Head.
So there's 3 ways to get around that.
1. Assuming Arms straight down is 0 degrees, and straight up is 180. Pull the Shoulders back beyond 180, to around 181-185 approx, which when you pull down with the weight, could cause potential Rotator Cuff or Sacupula issues long-term, as the Shoulders aren't meant to rotate that far back
2. Tip the Head forwards, which manipulates the Spine, then you pull weight down towards the tilted Vetebrae, potentially stressing the area.
3. Do both, the double bad boy whammie.
So the reality is, when you're faced with those kind of issues, don't do things like Pulldowns, or Behind The Neck Press.
If you do a front of the neck movement like Miltary Press, your Arms aren't at that 180 degree position, but thay are at around 175 degrees, which is within the normal range of movement, or Arm swing, so there should be little to no stress, using weights that way, compared to a behind the Neck movement.
If you had your Arms in the same position as a Tricep DB Press, then pulling a Bar down would cause a bump on the Head.
So there's 3 ways to get around that.
1. Assuming Arms straight down is 0 degrees, and straight up is 180. Pull the Shoulders back beyond 180, to around 181-185 approx, which when you pull down with the weight, could cause potential Rotator Cuff or Sacupula issues long-term, as the Shoulders aren't meant to rotate that far back
2. Tip the Head forwards, which manipulates the Spine, then you pull weight down towards the tilted Vetebrae, potentially stressing the area.
3. Do both, the double bad boy whammie.
So the reality is, when you're faced with those kind of issues, don't do things like Pulldowns, or Behind The Neck Press.
If you do a front of the neck movement like Miltary Press, your Arms aren't at that 180 degree position, but thay are at around 175 degrees, which is within the normal range of movement, or Arm swing, so there should be little to no stress, using weights that way, compared to a behind the Neck movement.