« The Best and the Worst Calves Exercises | Main | The Best and the Worst Traps Exercises »
January 9, 2006
The Best and the Worst Lats Exercises
The Worst Lats Exercise: the Pulldown Behind the Neck
If you have exceptional active flexibility of the shoulder girdle, can keep your elbows way back and can pull the bar to the nape of your neck without leaning forward and sticking your head out like a chicken about to be beheaded– go ahead and pull behind the neck. Since I do not know anyone except for Olympic weightlifters and gymnasts who can do that, you might as well forget it! The chicken style pulldown behind the neck does little but screw up necks and shoulders.
The Best Lats Exercise: the Pullup/Chinup on Gymnastic Rings
The debate regarding the ‘best’ pullup grip is as hot as it was half a century ago. Is wide better than narrow? Is the supinated grip better than the pronated one? I have good news for you: you can have it all, just do your pullups or chinups on gymnastic rings. What a stretch! What a contraction! If you do not have the luxury of living next door to the old Santa Monica Muscle Beach go to ringtraining.com and get a set.
For more information on this and related strength topics order Pavel’s Beyond Bodybuilding today
Posted by james at January 9, 2006 6:30 AM