Essential Exercises

Wide Grip Lat Pull Down Exercise

Walk into any gym in the world, and there's a good chance you'll find a lat pulldown machine in there somewhere. The lat pulldown is a good back exercise for people who can't do chin ups. For the wide grip pulldown, the hands are spaced roughly one and one-half times shoulder-width apart.

• Grab a pull down bar with a wide overhand grip.
• Pull the bar down to your chest, pause, then slowly return to the starting position.

Repeat this movement for as many repetitions as you can until failure. Remember to always use a spotter when performing this and almost every other free weight exercise!