Reverse Grip Lat Pulldowns

This exercise mainly targets your back muscles or lats. Secondary Muscles trained in this exercise are the biceps.

To do this exercise you need to have access to a lat  pull down machine as shown in figure. So subscription to a gym is essential since the machine might be quite expensive for you to buy.

lat machineHow to do  this lat exercise?

  • Grab the handle with reverse grip / palms facing towards you and shoulder width apart
  • Sit on the machine with knees bent 90, with arched back and belly button pressed inward.
  • Slowly pull down the bar and release it.

Repeat this until failure. Try to focus on lats rather than your biceps. Try to stretch your lats while pulling down.

Video Demo on how to perform reverse grip lat pull downs properly