Lat Meme-Downs
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Are Lat pulldowns a meme exercise?
yes
real men do chinups and barbell rows
>>35618054
The real meme is thinking things are memes
I really, really hate the word 'meme' at this point.
>>35618054
The real meme is your 1rm bench
>>35618118
I want it to be filtered either to anime or some obnoxiously long Japanese word
>>35618118
This.
Do some Lat pulldowns you fucking OP cunt.
>>35618064
>barbell rows
literally a meme
>chinups
only do strength
>>35618118
Get used to it senpai
>>35618136
>benching in the [current year]
>>35618143
TRIGGERED
>>35618164
>Get shown image of disgustingly over-worked lats
>H-Here is proof it's good.
I chuckled tbqh senpai.
>>35618054
Resistance is resistance. They can be a great alternative to the pullup if you're too fat to do them or too weak. If you can do pullups though, you should be doing them first, pulldowns second.
I have a related question.
I can do chinup's fine - no problem there, but, I do struggle with wide grip pull-ups. I can do one, maybe two at a pinch - back just isn't there yet.
Is it better to continue trying to do these, maybe doing negatives to fill out 5-6 reps in a set? Or, am I better off doing lat pulldowns for the meantime to get the full range of concentric and eccentric muscle contraction, and move on to wide pull-ups when I can do them properly?
>>35618054
No. From what I've seen in the gym, most of you have no business attempting a pull up or its sissy boi pussy brother aka chin up. If you aren't trying to give the bar a mid air blow job trying to hit that last inch in your range, or struggling to keep your bottom heavy asses stable without looking like you're dry humping the air..I see many other abominations.
Learn how to actually use your lats and keep your lower half and neck stable. Negatives may help. But being able to lat pulldown with at least your body weight is more effective. I'm not talking about using your lumbar in some odd hyperextension/lat pulldown hybrid. I'm talking about pure elbow addiction.
Inb4 every butthurt faggot says otherwise
>>35619210
>mid air blow job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nggMBKFnYJQ
>>35619210
Pretty much this. Although once you can do like 10 pullups in a row I'd pretty much ditch lat pulldown, or use it as extra volume after your pullup sets etc.
>>35619235
what the fuck is wrong with him lol
Still Frank's form was superior to what I've seen.
>>35619235
>>35618054
No
>>35618164
dorian did chinups, bb rows and pullovers u cuck
>>35619268
Goddamn that is a rare Pepe
>>35618054
Its a meme exercise if you turn it into a lower back exercise, which is what most people do
>>35618143
No, just no
>>35618054
No, love high volume
