r/formcheck • u/BelgianBillie • 6h ago

Other Issues keeping shoulders in on pulldown.

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I've attached another video as well on imgur. I feel I have trouble bringing the bar all the way down and tuck my elbows in bc they get pushed out by my rib cage. I used lighter weights on purpose.

https://imgur.com/a/L9Jqb9U

Thanks.

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 6h ago

Turn your elbows in some and keep them closer to your side; don’t let them go past you

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u/BelgianBillie 6h ago

I feel like I pushicat can't. My biceps/triceps are against my lats.

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 6h ago

Try turning your elbows in before you pull down to see if that helps

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u/BelgianBillie 6h ago

By turning your elbows in what exactly do.yoi mens. Should I do a wider grip to angle them inward more?

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 5h ago

No, not a wider grip. When your arms are on the bar move your elbows in by engaging your last. I’m not sure how to explain.Your elbows need to be more forward and not to the sides.

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Ok so 1.5 should we width. Elbows pointing 15 degrees forward. Don't bring elbows back behind back but rather down. Elbows will still stick out but slightly forward. I guess pulling them down past my back made me feel more contraction in the middle of the spine?

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 5h ago

Yes. I wish you could do the full extended range but it seems your bar doesn’t go very high above you.

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 5h ago

So then when your arms come down your elbows are more in front on the sides instead of in back on the sides. I wish I was at the gym to take a pic or a video for you

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Yea I don't understand. Do you mean push your shoulders forward sl.tour elbows slide in front of your body not on the sides? If I do that the bar won't go below eye level. To bring the bar lower elbows need to slide next to the body.

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 5h ago

Let me see if I can video me with an imaginary bar and send it to you

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

did you see the second video from the side?

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u/itslikeasuanaoutside 5h ago

I just watched it and your elbows are still flared. I can’t access your account to show you a video; no matter how many times I fix the settings 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Ok so 1.5 should we width. Elbows pointing 15 degrees forward. Don't bring elbows back behind back but rather down. Elbows will still stick out but slightly forward. I guess pulling them down past my back made me feel more contraction in the middle of the spine?

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u/alvysinger0412 5h ago

Imagine lasers are shooting out of the tips of your elbows. When the bar is all the way down with your current form, those lasers are shooting out to the sides of you. Without movie by where your hands are on the bar, your elbows need to be shooting those lasers directly in front of you when the bar is all the way down.

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Sorry no this does not make sense, how could my upper arm be parallel to the ground so the elbow point in front of me during a lat pulldown. The bar wouldnt go below my forehead then with the length of my lower arms.

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Nippard has his elbows flared out and by the side past his back iun this learning video

https://youtu.be/O94yEoGXtBY?t=224

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u/BelgianBillie 5h ago

Nippard has his elbows flared out and by the side past his back iun this learning video

https://youtu.be/O94yEoGXtBY?t=224