Anyone ever had good results with this exercise?

[Clubber Lang]

Has anyone ever done this exercise? What muscles does it primarily hit? What other muscles does it hit? I plan on doing this exercise right after I get done doing lat pulldowns.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/CBStraightArmPulldown.html

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

yeah, ive actually done a lot of those. they work well on the lats, and some on the chest with a narrow grip. they also force your stomach to contract. it works well after you have already done pullups or pulldowns.

they dont work well on the full range of motion though. at the bottom of the move your lats dont have to do much work at all, so they relax. also, this move stresses the shoulder girdle like CRAZY!!! dont be suprised if you feel your shoulder slide around in the glenoid cavity.

use light weight, and give them a try if you want. i would not recommend them because of the stress on the shoulder, and the ineffective range of motion. do pullups with a grip one foot wider than shoulder width instead. it will work your lats infinatly better. use a really really close grip chinup for hitting lower chest too.

 

[d3track]

it was kinda designed to be a substitute for pullovers
just make sure you dont turn it into a pressdown

 

[Dial_tone]

I used to do an exercise similiar to that hanging from a chinup bar. You can't really lift yourself that way but it really flushes the lats if you squeeze hard.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

ooooooo yeah!! reverse planches! those are sick to see if the person can raise his body up straight and level like that. lean back like a mofo and pull the hands down.

 

[Griz1]

If you kneel and keep the rope wide with the proper form, you can recruit your serratus more than your lats.

If you tweak that excersise you can also hit some of your upper interior abs (one you can't see) too.

I have a kinesiologist assisting me with the above who's showed me some very interesting stuff with that excersise.

 

[gymtime]

I do those every week with a varying grip, always on back night. I don't consider them a primary lat or back excercise, but they're a great finisher, imo.

However if you've never done them, and you use proper form, you'd be surprised how much you feel them in your lats. But as others have said, you'll also feel it in your chest, tris, and abs.

 

[Dial_tone]

Has anyone ever done this exercise? What muscles does it primarily hit? What other muscles does it hit? I plan on doing this exercise right after I get done doing lat pulldowns.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/CBStraightArmPulldown.html

Back when I trained chest & back together I would do dumbbell pullovers as my transition exercise, since it kinda works both to some degree.

 

[WalkingBeast]

I used to throw those into my back routine every so often. Havent really done them in a while. Cant say Ive gotten good results with them, cuz how can I single out one exercise when I do so much volume? I dont feel them nearly as much as the lat pulldowns and other heavier exercises. I can really only go by feel, and soreness. I always felt them in my lats, but dont think they would give me any soreness on thier own. Cant hurt to add in though.

 

[Clubber Lang]

I have been doing them after close grip lat pulldowns for 3 sets reps of 15,12,10 all while increasing the weight each set and I'm getting good results.

Would it be better though if I changed the rep scheme to do 3 sets reps of 10,8,6 all while increasing the weight each set?

 

[gymtime]

I have been doing them after close grip lat pulldowns for 3 sets reps of 15,12,10 all while increasing the weight each set and I'm getting good results.

Would it be better though if I changed the rep scheme to do 3 sets reps of 10,8,6 all while increasing the weight each set?

I typically do 10, 8, 6 on this, as well as most other excercises. I generally go by the rule that says any weight you can lift for more than ten reps is too light, and probably not doing you the most good.

There are exceptions of course, but it's a good rule of thumb, imo.