Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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Wide Grip Machine Pulldowns

Veshok
Veshok
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2003/06/18, 09:44 PM
Okay, tomorrow is the day scheduled to work my back and I am supposed to do Wide Grip Machine Pulldowns on a Pulldown machine. The problem is that my gym dosen't have a Pulldown Machine as pictured in the exercise description for my workout. Is there a suitable substitute machine for this?There are lots of machines that work the different areas of the back but I want to make sure that I am sticking to my FT workout plan. Any ideas?

Thanks much
Steve.

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Ogun
Ogun
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2003/06/19, 12:58 AM
Pullups :D

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Veshok
Veshok
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2003/06/19, 03:37 PM
Hehe. Thanks much. Maybe someday I will be able to do one! LOL Seriously though, and hope this is right because it's what I did today. I talked to a guy in the gym about this and he said the rowing machine would do well to sub for pulldowns. Thanks again.

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Inside of me there is fit, strong man screaming to get out... he should not have been standing so close to the buffet line.
jacksprat
jacksprat
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2003/06/19, 06:19 PM
how about negatives. stand on a chair so you're already up, then lower your body.
dhahn
dhahn
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2003/06/19, 07:15 PM
You might want to try bent over barbell rows.
Veshok
Veshok
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2003/06/19, 11:34 PM
Yeah, both of those sound like good options. Thanks everyone!

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Inside of me there is fit, strong man screaming to get out... he should not have been standing so close to the buffet line.