Cable Lat Pullover with Rope

Exercise Instructions

  • Set the cable pulley to the highest setting, or 1 notch from the top.
  • Stand back about 3-4 feet from the cable.
  • Start with your knees slightly bent, your arms slightly bent, and your upper body almost parallel to the floor.
  • Initiate the movement with your lats by focusing on driving the upper arms/elbows down and back in an arching, pulling over motion until the bar is pulled to your lower stomach, just above your hips. Your arms can bend a bit more than where they were at the starting position (closer to being straight), as long as you still feel your lats working well.
  • As you pull, your upper body will rise, but not too much. Focus on squeezing back as your elbows come back.
  • Then control the rope back to the starting position, keeping your arms in a that slightly bent position, and lowering your upper body back towards the ground to get get a good range of motion, and great stretch in your lats.
  • If you feel this more in your triceps than your back, the weight might be too heavy or you might be turning this into a tricep pushdown (too much bending of the elbow start to finish).