Straight arm pressdown??? im thinkin back movement

[WannaBPowerful]

I dont know what this is for, but i saw it being done on the mr. Olympia tape from 2001 by jay cutler. What exactly does it do? I am thinkin it does something to the back. Heres how i saw it done...

Arms grabbing a straight bar on a lat pulldown machine, arms are straight. Then, keeping the arms straight, they are lowered all the way down to the theighs. Kinds like a standing pullover type thing.

 

[solidj55]

I have seen them done as well and I am pretty sure that they are for your lats. Ive tried them and I felt them there but it seemed like to much pressure on the old rotators for me.

 

[The Shadow]

yep - contracted pos for lats....keep 12-16" bewteen hands and move in an arc to waist line

 

[WannaBPowerful]

What exactly does it do though? Lower lats maybe?

 

[The Shadow]

entire lats from armpits to the lower insertion.....prepeare for serious soreness if you are not used to doing htem

 

[WannaBPowerful]

serious soreness? Yeesssss! I take soreness as a sign of accomplishment. I make sure not to overtrain either.

 

[ASALT]

I think they worked the pecs a little too? Maybe I just do them wrong and feel it in my chest.

 

[The Shadow]

pecs are the antagonistic mover - so yeah that's normal