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Title: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Stark on April 12, 2009, 03:53:10 AM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: johnnynoname on April 12, 2009, 03:55:42 AM
...and that schmuck pays his PT at the end of the day no matter what


and that schmuck isn't ANY the wiser

look guys, it isn't always fair or right...but it is business and the mark/client is NEVER the wiser
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: webcake on April 12, 2009, 03:55:43 AM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)

Nothing special, i see it all the time.

Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Stark on April 12, 2009, 04:00:37 AM
Nothing special, i do that all the time.



what muscle do you train by doing that?
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Quickerblade on April 12, 2009, 04:01:17 AM
what muscle do you train by doing that?
lats
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: webcake on April 12, 2009, 04:03:18 AM
what muscle do you train by doing that?

You don't have to lean right back, nor do you have to stay perfectly upright.

When i show people i tell them to keep their eyes on the top pulley right on top of the machine. Makes them lean back a little, but not excessively.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: MAXX on April 12, 2009, 04:05:04 AM
You don't have to lean right back, nor do you have to stay perfectly upright.

When i show people i tell them to keep their eyes on the top pulley right on top of the machine. Makes them lean back a little, but not excessively.
that's exactly what i do to.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: beef-sword on April 12, 2009, 04:08:59 AM
that's exactly what i do to.
ah...so this MUST be the right way...
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Stark on April 12, 2009, 04:09:02 AM
You don't have to lean right back, nor do you have to stay perfectly upright.

When i show people i tell them to keep their eyes on the top pulley right on top of the machine. Makes them lean back a little, but not excessively.

YES YES YES thats how I learned it too,
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Stark on April 12, 2009, 04:09:50 AM
lats

Im possible you don't train lats by sitting straight and pullung the latbar straight down use your head
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2009, 10:26:42 AM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)

Ehm, pulling down is the point of Lat pulldowns.

Pulling back is the point of rowing movements. ;)
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: chaos on April 12, 2009, 10:32:00 AM
Im possible you don't train lats by sitting straight and pullung the latbar straight down use your head
Sure you do, have you ever tried it? Also I've leaned forward and pulled down behind my neck, works well too.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: kiwiol on April 12, 2009, 10:36:45 AM
Im possible you don't train lats by sitting straight and pullung the latbar straight down use your head

Not at all, Stark - sitting dead straight isn't ineffective or anything, although the conventional method to do lat pull downs is to lean back a little. A lat pulldown is biomechanically similar to doing a pull up or a chin-up, so keeping the torso completely upright won't render the movement useless. As long as you use your lats to control the weight while using your arms as levers and keep your shoulders retracted, it's fine.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2009, 10:37:07 AM
"Stark" showing us how it's done correctly:

Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Ursus on April 12, 2009, 10:39:52 AM
nothing wrong with that at all i pull down
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: peroni on April 12, 2009, 11:47:16 AM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)

you're supposed to sit up straight fool. That's why it's a LAT pull down. You retract the shoulder blades to keep the shoulders from shrugging at the top of the motion and then you pull down as if you're doing a pull up. This engages the LATS. Lean back and see how much lat you use... you may as well do cable rows because that's all you're doing...

keep bashing trainers fellas.  ::)
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Fury on April 12, 2009, 11:50:34 AM
you're supposed to sit up straight fool. That's why it's a LAT pull down. You retract the shoulder blades to keep the shoulders from shrugging at the top of the motion and then you pull down as if you're doing a pull up. This engages the LATS. Lean back and see how much lat you use... you may as well do cable rows because that's all you're doing...

keep bashing trainers fellas.  ::)

Forgive Stark, he's acting like he actually works out.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: burn2live on April 12, 2009, 11:52:55 AM
I do them sitting straight?  ???
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: dr.chimps on April 12, 2009, 11:57:16 AM
Probably the #1 exercise I see being done wrong in our gym. I've only seen one trainer demonstrate it correctly.  :-\
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: wavelength on April 12, 2009, 12:00:04 PM
I always thought the back muscle must be used for any exercise where arms are pulled down. Physically, there's really no other way.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Earl1972 on April 12, 2009, 12:01:42 PM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)

that's how everybody at my gym does lat pull downs

except me of course 8)

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Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on April 12, 2009, 12:07:59 PM
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Dballn247 on April 12, 2009, 12:10:16 PM
I once saw a personal trainer give one of his female clients some GHB, telling her it would lean her up.  A few months later he ended up with rape charges.
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Stark on April 12, 2009, 12:25:51 PM
you're supposed to sit up straight fool. That's why it's a LAT pull down. You retract the shoulder blades to keep the shoulders from shrugging at the top of the motion and then you pull down as if you're doing a pull up. This engages the LATS. Lean back and see how much lat you use... you may as well do cable rows because that's all you're doing...

keep bashing trainers fellas.  ::)

You're an idiot ::)

I said AND LISTEN UP NOW! he makes him sit straight to pull the weight straight down not to the chest DOWN

And you don't sit straight when you do latpulldowns - you lean slighlty back - trust me I know this better than you
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Ursus on April 12, 2009, 12:27:35 PM
i think you are mistaken also stark i sit up straight
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: ASJChaotic on April 12, 2009, 12:30:35 PM
i think you are mistaken also stark i sit up straight

you are supposed to sit straight, that's why they are called pulldowns not pullbacks LOL  :)
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: Ursus on April 12, 2009, 12:33:05 PM
correct
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on April 12, 2009, 05:02:25 PM
You're an idiot ::)

I said AND LISTEN UP NOW! he makes him sit straight to pull the weight straight down not to the chest DOWN

And you don't sit straight when you do latpulldowns - you lean slighlty back - trust me I know this better than you
youre out of your mind lately :o ::)
do u even know what the lat pulldown is?
Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: CastIron on April 12, 2009, 05:14:11 PM
he made one of his clients sit dead straight while doing wide latpulldown, so the guy was not pulling back he was pulling down ::)

Was she trained by this guy?

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Title: Re: So I saw this Personal trainer do this....
Post by: kimura on April 12, 2009, 05:16:14 PM
"Stark" showing us how it's done correctly:



Awesome - they put a gym in the middle of a swap meet.