When doing a lat pulldown, try to maintain control and not lean back too far while pulling down. It’s best to keep your back straight and lower the weight if you cannot maintain proper form. Apart ...

The lat pulldown is a vertical pulling exercise that strengthens and builds multiple muscles in the back. While focusing on your back is often overlooked in favour of working 'trendier' muscles like ...

I first stumbled on the single-arm lat pulldown back in college, when building a bigger back was borderline obsession. I was chasing size, symmetry, and that wide V-taper look, but standard rows and ...

The one machine that even the most basic gym will have is the lat pulldown machine. A long bar with angular ends for grips, it has become almost a must-have machine for a gym to be acceptable. The ...

The pull-up is a phenomenal exercise for building upper-body strength and muscle, but they’re hard—horrendously hard. So hard, in fact, that most people will tap out after just a couple of reps, long ...

This machine exercise targets the lat (latissimus dorci) muscles at the sides of the middle to upper back. It also works the arms and shoulders. Step 1: As you stand in front of the weight stack, ...

Fitness trainer Brett Boettcher shared seven effective exercises that target key muscle groups and promote a healthier and ...

It is important to exercise the biggest muscles of the body as they define the structure of the body and have a larger functionality than other muscles of the body. Latissimus Dorsi are the largest ...

Marjie Gilliam is an International Sports Sciences Master certified personal trainer and fitness consultant. She owns Custom Fitness Personal Training Services LLC. Send email to [email protected].