Flex UK - June 2017

STRAIGHT-

ARM ARM

PULLDOWNPULLDOWN

Setup Stand facing a cable

stack with a straight bar stack with a straight bar

attached to the high pulley. attached to the high pulley.

Grab the bar with a shoulder-Grab the bar with a shoulder-

width grip and step back about width grip and step back about

half a metre so the weight half a metre so the weight

doesn’t rest on the stack. doesn’t rest on the stack.

Begin with your arms Begin with your arms

extended but not locked out, extended but not locked out,

the bar at around head level, the bar at around head level,

and a slight bend in your waist.and a slight bend in your waist.

Execution

locked out, focus intently on

contracting your chest

muscles to pull the bar down

until it touches your thighs.

Squeeze the contraction

in your pecs for a count, then

slowly return the bar back to

the starting position.

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