Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown
How to do the Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Lats
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Cable
How to do the Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown
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Attach a rope to a high pulley and make your weight selection. Stand a couple feet back from the pulley with your feet staggered and take the rope with both hands. Lean forward from the hip, keeping your back straight, with your arms extended up in front of you. This will be your starting position.
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Keeping your arms straight, extend the shoulder to pull the rope down to your thighs.
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Pause at the bottom of the motion, squeezing your lats.
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Return to the starting position without allowing the weight to fully rest on the stack.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your lats volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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