Best tip was to pull shoulders down. I've been squeezing them together and wondering why I wasn't making any lat progress. That little tweak in my form has made all the difference and I can finally feel full lat engagement. Thank you!
this video was SO helpful! knowing where to grab the bar, where the bar should land on my chest, how to pull. i had def been using my biceps instead of my lats & now i’m engaging the right muscles. thanks for this!
I've seen numerous videos ok lat pulldowss but for some reason this just clicked. I felt an immediate lat dominant pulldown. I've been doing them wrong for a whole year. Thanks alot.
Great explanation. I'm constantly ending pulldown sets early due to my arms getting tired. I knew that didn't seem right. I'll focus on what you've said next time I workout. Thank you.
if your struggling even with correct position it might also just be that your arms are genuinely to weak for even if you have perfect positioning your arms will still be naturally be doing a little bit of work, so part of it might be you need to train your arms abit harder so they dont tire out before your back. I for example had horrid grip strength from a injury so i really had to do some muscle rehab before I could use any machine that required any form of grip strength. Took a while but I got there.
@@madmaxiemartialartsnerd485 yeah this is true. When I first started the gym....my biceps would get tired very fast during lat pulldowns. But now 2 months in the gym.....my biceps are getting better and don't tire out as fast as they used to. So yeah strengthening your arms might be the way
An easier way to activate your lats is to just apply slightly more grip pressure in your ring and pinky fingers. Since the tendons in those fingers run along the medial (inside) part of your forearms, your lats will automatically be cued. Now cue the gains! Haha.
Excellent tutorial, with very helpful instructions below the video for reference. No ego seeking antics. Just pure desire to share his knowledge. Thank you.
"Squeeze the lats at the bottom" lol yeah, if I could actually feel them. I can flex my biceps, quads, hamstrings, chest, but anything back, or lats? NEIN
You need to build mind muscle connection. Easiest way is to do the same lat activating exercise for a week or 2 with little load. Try to imagine and activate the lats. Eventually you will feel it. It’s much like chest.
I would like to add, a thumb less grip is much needed to eliminate the biceps. So, that the hands just act as hooks. Plus, while pulling the bar one has to bend the elbows; as if performing a front double biceps pose with palms facing forward.
Good shit, man. This had a few extra tips that will help me with a client tomorrow. She has everything right, but still uses bicep, even with an overhand grip, being outside the bar, and all that.
This "catch and feel the lats" is a really good tip. I am a beginner in the gym and today I did lat pull downs and I couldnt feely back. I still dont really. I feel my other muscles that I trained but not my lats. I trained hard, 4 sets with aiming at 8 reps +2 in the tank, and 5th set a dropset until total muscle fatigue. I hoped this would stimulate it but I guess not. Not without the "catch and stretch".
Just found your channel and subscribed immediately! All of these videos are so helpful. I see so many videos on Instagram with athletes doing all of these workouts but they never explain how to do it correctly.
Thank you very much for this.. my pull downs were hitting my throat, and I was wondering why I was feeling it in my biceps as well.. now I know. And I will fix it Thank you again
This STILL doesn't bias the lats. It will bias the teres major. That's literally bio-mechanics. The lats attach to the spine and the fibers run to the front. That means the arm has to be in FRONT of the body in order to get the lats into a full lengthened position, and then the arm path needs to come so that the elbow is closer to the hip in order to fully shorten the lats.
I agree totally! Another ‘no go’ is to row to your chest. It will activate your biceps AND it will hit you lower lat much more than your upper lats. Go not futher than chin level. And one last thing: place your thumb over the bar. So you have more relaxtation in your hands. All to benefit to hit the weight on your lats (in stead of forearms and biceps)
Most important tip is to wrap your thumb over the bar, like the other fingers, and not around the bar like in this video. That way it makes you use your bicep less and lats more.
Same. I believe this happens because I don't do any focused forearm training. This might also be the case for you as well. I think over time it should subside.😅
@@Samuellwright the tips helped but yes, a lack of grip strength and firearm strength isn't helping. I've created a wind up bar connected to 2.5 or 5kg free weights and it's helping a lot!
1:20 Torso under bar Lift chest up as bar goes lower to recruit lats Envision pulling your hands like a circle so you get a good mind muscle connection First movement should be a downward pull of your scapula and finish at the your chest
I love your video, great tips, I always feel I am more engage shoulder blade when I doing lat pull down, I going to try yours advice! Thanks! Can you do video how to engage our back muscle when doing rowing? Thanks!
The action of the lats is humeral extension not scapular depression. He has his information backwards. You actually want to lean back slightly to engage the lats more. I'm just a doctor of physical therapy though.
My problem is that my forearms get completely frozen after like, two sets, lowering the weight helps but then it's too light to actually train my lats. Any help?
Hey man , can you make a video demonstrating how i can better my muscle mind connection to my back muscles. I have a great connection with my bicep tricep and chest muscles , but i struggle with back and shoulder muscles
Very good video, I would like to see video on BFR TRAINING for the the upper body and lower body. How it works and how it could be used in someone's training.
Great stuff, but my triceps fatigue first if I go lower than the clavicals. What am I doing wrong. This is for wide grip pd and close grip pd, reverse grip.
The closest exercise you could do to him the target muscles similarly that uses a dumbell is probably a dumbell pullover or a dumbell row. The best non-machine variation would be a pull-up.
When I was young I did pull-ups and pull downs and easily engaged the lats. In fact my lats were the most pronounced part of me and were very strong. I had a full right shoulder replacement four years ago and it ended my ability to do pull-ups. I can do a couple but scar tissue gets in the way. I now do pull downs but I can’t hit lats to save my life. Maybe I’m using too much weight but I don’t think so. What other exercises would target the lats? Thanks.
I have a machine at home and it's just not high enough for full ROM. Is there anything special I should do when doing pull-ups to get a similar result?
Hey great video... like the breakdown. Curious you explained the curve in the bar where to grab I suppose it's what feels comfortable.... just wondering is aiming to grab wider a possible goal?or no, because everyone's body is different the bar is build to meet more than one body type and should stick with what's comfortable....??? Sorry for all the questions.
Are you guys going to do a squat video? Especially for glutes. I’ve never been able to really feel them work and have started to do things for it but I am also flat footed so
Some guy in came over in the middle of my set and moved my hands underhand and said overhand will injure me. Of course I didn't really listen because underhand killed my wrists and that's much more biceps but im just wondering if there was any legitimacy to what he said.
Do these really work for building muscles in biceps? And if so what kind of reps/sets should I be doing 6 sets of 10 to start or more? And how soon would you be seeing results if I just done those?
I always do that one behind my head with around 80 pounds or straight down past my whole torso to my lap in very straight line but I must say it does nothing. I'll try it the 'normal way' I guess
Best tip was to pull shoulders down. I've been squeezing them together and wondering why I wasn't making any lat progress. That little tweak in my form has made all the difference and I can finally feel full lat engagement. Thank you!
this video was SO helpful! knowing where to grab the bar, where the bar should land on my chest, how to pull. i had def been using my biceps instead of my lats & now i’m engaging the right muscles. thanks for this!
This channel is really good for learning how to exercise correctly without being sold a tonne of bullshit and clickbait. Very refreshing. Thank you!
I've seen numerous videos ok lat pulldowss but for some reason this just clicked. I felt an immediate lat dominant pulldown. I've been doing them wrong for a whole year. Thanks alot.
Great explanation. I'm constantly ending pulldown sets early due to my arms getting tired. I knew that didn't seem right. I'll focus on what you've said next time I workout. Thank you.
Any tips
Get some straps or versa grips,focus on contracting your shoulder blade down and together.
if your struggling even with correct position it might also just be that your arms are genuinely to weak for even if you have perfect positioning your arms will still be naturally be doing a little bit of work, so part of it might be you need to train your arms abit harder so they dont tire out before your back. I for example had horrid grip strength from a injury so i really had to do some muscle rehab before I could use any machine that required any form of grip strength. Took a while but I got there.
@@madmaxiemartialartsnerd485 yeah this is true. When I first started the gym....my biceps would get tired very fast during lat pulldowns. But now 2 months in the gym.....my biceps are getting better and don't tire out as fast as they used to. So yeah strengthening your arms might be the way
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Saiyan Strength gym
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@@ronin_9Saiyan strength gym has no equipment. Its all body weight x300 gravity
All these years doing lat pull downs the wrong way. Thanks for the tip. I’ll use this technique forever.
An easier way to activate your lats is to just apply slightly more grip pressure in your ring and pinky fingers. Since the tendons in those fingers run along the medial (inside) part of your forearms, your lats will automatically be cued. Now cue the gains! Haha.
Thanks bro!
Interesting! I'll try this in my next session
Can't believe I went this long without knowing what my lats feel like! Thank you for this!
Glad it helped!
Dang...'bout time!
Excellent tutorial, with very helpful instructions below the video for reference. No ego seeking antics. Just pure desire to share his knowledge. Thank you.
Best late pull down video out there. So many well known people tell you to lean back. This really fixed my lat pulldown
Thank you every time I go to the gym I see people practically laying down doing these. Good to know that I am doing them right
"Squeeze the lats at the bottom" lol yeah, if I could actually feel them. I can flex my biceps, quads, hamstrings, chest, but anything back, or lats? NEIN
You need to build mind muscle connection. Easiest way is to do the same lat activating exercise for a week or 2 with little load. Try to imagine and activate the lats. Eventually you will feel it.
It’s much like chest.
Same. I hate pulldowns bc I feel I'm never doing them correctly.
@@darlenev5448 I'll check it out now, tyvm!
Lmao this is such a mood. I can feel EVERYTHING *BUT* the lats
Try leaning back a little and pull the bar straight down, not to the chest.
I would like to add, a thumb less grip is much needed to eliminate the biceps. So, that the hands just act as hooks. Plus, while pulling the bar one has to bend the elbows; as if performing a front double biceps pose with palms facing forward.
Good shit, man. This had a few extra tips that will help me with a client tomorrow. She has everything right, but still uses bicep, even with an overhand grip, being outside the bar, and all that.
I'm watching this in the gym just so I make sure my form is good (I'm watching this in my 1 min rest times)
1 rest is too short bro for isolation it should at least be 90 secs and for compounds 2 minutes at least
meanwhile the video is almost 5 minutes long
Haha same
@@Timo0469 for compounds do you add an extra weight on each set or use same weight for day 1 then day 2 add an extra weight ?
"Momentum is not a muscle we want to train."
you say that, but you should never skip momentum day or you might end up with skinny little momentums!
🤣
Wtf 🤣 ... Why does this remind me of something OE Fitness would say .
The "pulling your scapulas down" mental visual helped me a lot! I've been struggling with this exercise for a while now. Thanks for the video :D
Thats actually wrong it limits range of motion.
Ive actually learned something from this. Thanks
This "catch and feel the lats" is a really good tip. I am a beginner in the gym and today I did lat pull downs and I couldnt feely back. I still dont really. I feel my other muscles that I trained but not my lats.
I trained hard, 4 sets with aiming at 8 reps +2 in the tank, and 5th set a dropset until total muscle fatigue. I hoped this would stimulate it but I guess not. Not without the "catch and stretch".
perfect, thank you.... headed to the gym now...
Good luck!
How did it go?
@@ghadikhalil7207 lol surely he remembers how it went 2 years ago ..
@@masdajay LMAO
@@masdajay 🤣🤣🤣
Just found your channel and subscribed immediately! All of these videos are so helpful. I see so many videos on Instagram with athletes doing all of these workouts but they never explain how to do it correctly.
Very helpful. I was leaning back slightly. I have now improved my technique. Thanks.
This has been the most helpful video for lats that I have ever seen.
One of the best tips videos for lat pull downs out there. Solid bro,
Thank you very much for this.. my pull downs were hitting my throat, and I was wondering why I was feeling it in my biceps as well.. now I know. And I will fix it Thank you again
Danny Matranga's videos are the best. Quite helpful. Thank you for sharing
thank u so much man, my lat pulldowns felt weak and uncontrollable but now they feel perfectly smooth. Keep up the amazing work 👑
Great tips and methodology. Seen guys in the gym doing this sooooo wrong which you've demonstrated.
This STILL doesn't bias the lats. It will bias the teres major. That's literally bio-mechanics. The lats attach to the spine and the fibers run to the front. That means the arm has to be in FRONT of the body in order to get the lats into a full lengthened position, and then the arm path needs to come so that the elbow is closer to the hip in order to fully shorten the lats.
I agree totally! Another ‘no go’ is to row to your chest. It will activate your biceps AND it will hit you lower lat much more than your upper lats. Go not futher than chin level. And one last thing: place your thumb over the bar. So you have more relaxtation in your hands. All to benefit to hit the weight on your lats (in stead of forearms and biceps)
Most important tip is to wrap your thumb over the bar, like the other fingers, and not around the bar like in this video. That way it makes you use your bicep less and lats more.
a cue i like to focus more on the lats is to think about cracking a walnut between side of your torso and your elbow
That's a good one as well. Any other cues ya like?
My forearms burn from lat pulldowns, I might be too wide and not vertical enough. I'll give these tips a go on the next back day. TIA
Same. I believe this happens because I don't do any focused forearm training. This might also be the case for you as well. I think over time it should subside.😅
@@Samuellwright the tips helped but yes, a lack of grip strength and firearm strength isn't helping. I've created a wind up bar connected to 2.5 or 5kg free weights and it's helping a lot!
Thank you for the great explanation, I always lean backwards but am going to try this.
great job thanks I've been doing it wrong for 40 yrs
I was worried about how to cue this for a new client and this helps thank you!
1:20
Torso under bar
Lift chest up as bar goes lower to recruit lats
Envision pulling your hands like a circle so you get a good mind muscle connection
First movement should be a downward pull of your scapula and finish at the your chest
Another fantastic and informative video from Mind Pump!
The best video out of +15 I've seen, great explanation
Wow! I've seen so many videos saying NOT to place your hands so far apart. They usually instruct to place your hands just before the bend in the bar.
I’ll try this out, I’ve felt it in my lats and rear delts just tapped out because I lacked grip strength or so I thought
This guy is Real good at explaining. Im prepairing for gym to open up again tomorrow
Thankyou for this the lat pull down is now my favourite machine 😁😁
Very helpful video bro, really appreciate it
Glad it helped
Awesome tip!!! Keep it up buddy. You just got a new subscriber
This was a great explanation. Thanks
This channel is awesome!
Damn you’re a life saver, I was killing myself trying to figure out why I wasn’t feeling it. Will try this out!
Update: I have no idea what I’m doing wrong, I could just be fatigued
I love your video, great tips, I always feel I am more engage shoulder blade when I doing lat pull down, I going to try yours advice! Thanks! Can you do video how to engage our back muscle when doing rowing? Thanks!
Daphne Tay several row videos on the channel!
bro,,, you have multiple camera setup, look randomly in different cameras and it will help you make a cut for a reason in the edits. Nice explaination
The action of the lats is humeral extension not scapular depression. He has his information backwards. You actually want to lean back slightly to engage the lats more. I'm just a doctor of physical therapy though.
I was told that your thumbs should be over the bar instead of underneath. I was told that your hands should resemble hooks on the bar, is this true?
I'm getting ready to include this exercise in my workout routine. This video has really helped me. I'm going over this again and rehearsing the move.
The day after i did this workout, i cannot raise my arm up. Is something wrong? Thanks
Great tip, is there a better exercise to target the lower back ( ie hips area) to target they lower back fat area?
You cant target fat
My problem is that my forearms get completely frozen after like, two sets, lowering the weight helps but then it's too light to actually train my lats. Any help?
Check out some lifting straps for back days
Hey man , can you make a video demonstrating how i can better my muscle mind connection to my back muscles. I have a great connection with my bicep tricep and chest muscles , but i struggle with back and shoulder muscles
Very good video, I would like to see video on BFR TRAINING for the the upper body and lower body. How it works and how it could be used in someone's training.
Stephen TG This could be a good one!
Definitely feel the difference.
What is your opinion on keeping it more of a shoulder/lat movement? I don't like to fully extend my elbows. I feel it in my biceps when I do that.
Great stuff, but my triceps fatigue first if I go lower than the clavicals. What am I doing wrong. This is for wide grip pd and close grip pd, reverse grip.
Wow, awesome content as usual. Thank you
Great video Danny.
ferbiano ronaldo Glad you enjoyed this.
Thanks for the key to mind muscle connection to know I'm working lats.
Im new to gym and im feeling bore in chest lol i am pretty sure i was following this form
Hi! Love your informative videos as always! Quick question tho, can this exercises be done using dumb bells?
The closest exercise you could do to him the target muscles similarly that uses a dumbell is probably a dumbell pullover or a dumbell row. The best non-machine variation would be a pull-up.
When I was young I did pull-ups and pull downs and easily engaged the lats. In fact my lats were the most pronounced part of me and were very strong. I had a full right shoulder replacement four years ago and it ended my ability to do pull-ups. I can do a couple but scar tissue gets in the way.
I now do pull downs but I can’t hit lats to save my life. Maybe I’m using too much weight but I don’t think so. What other exercises would target the lats? Thanks.
A little late but rowing movements and pullovers may be a good thing to try. Hits the lats differently but try rowing variations
this helped SO MUCH THANK YOU
Awesome!
I will try it today to use lat pull down today at the gym
Thanks for fixing my pulldown!
The motion he showed actually works
The reason you feel it lower us because the line of resistance is approaching the perpendicular angle to the lats action.
my arms always get tired before i can feel my lats when i do this exercises.
Try lowering the weight upping the reps and slow and controlled motions to build the mind muscle connection, don’t throw the weight.
Great vid, very useful.
sweet gym what is the name and where is it thanks
Nice n straight to the point .. no bs
Thank you, great information !!!
Linda Clifford glad you enjoyed it!
I have a machine at home and it's just not high enough for full ROM. Is there anything special I should do when doing pull-ups to get a similar result?
Hey great video... like the breakdown. Curious you explained the curve in the bar where to grab I suppose it's what feels comfortable.... just wondering is aiming to grab wider a possible goal?or no, because everyone's body is different the bar is build to meet more than one body type and should stick with what's comfortable....??? Sorry for all the questions.
Very useful! Thank you for sharing your practice!
What would you guys recommend for building shoulder power?
If im using my bicep do you think my weight is too heavy?
Thank you for the great demo
Would love to see some powerlifting demos! Nice hair BTW Danny!
justin Mitchell We can add those in.
Are you guys going to do a squat video? Especially for glutes. I’ve never been able to really feel them work and have started to do things for it but I am also flat footed so
Theres lots of videos on these topics:
ruclips.net/video/S_uZP4UH6J0/видео.html (GLUTES)
ruclips.net/video/qFkYbXsKRfI/видео.html (SQUAT VARIATION)
Coach Danny is the best! 🤩 Love all your content!
Super helpful, thank
Thank you Danny! You are awesome!
Nice bit of info 👌
Some guy in came over in the middle of my set and moved my hands underhand and said overhand will injure me. Of course I didn't really listen because underhand killed my wrists and that's much more biceps but im just wondering if there was any legitimacy to what he said.
Thanks this helped a ton👍
Ok, that worked - thank you
I always lean backwards when doing this exercise. My mind is always afraid that I'm going to pull a muscle staying straight up.. 😡
Give it a try with a light weight!
What your take on Sissy squat machines?
Great video. I'm still trying to recreate the best set of lat pulldowns I ever did that mad 60kg 5 11 me feel massive 😂
Do these really work for building muscles in biceps? And if so what kind of reps/sets should I be doing 6 sets of 10 to start or more? And how soon would you be seeing results if I just done those?
this does not target the biceps, look into biceps curls for that
Good tips. 👍
Adding this to my workout routine 🙏
I always do that one behind my head with around 80 pounds or straight down past my whole torso to my lap in very straight line but I must say it does nothing. I'll try it the 'normal way' I guess
I love this guy