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Wide-grip lat pulldown

A compound exercise for the lats, with help from the biceps, rear delts. Equipment: lat pulldown.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Hands well outside the shoulders, thighs under the pads.
  2. Pull the bar to the top of the chest
  3. Let the arms straighten fully

Muscles worked

Wide-grip lat pulldown: 3D figure mid-rep with the lats highlighted

Equipment

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