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Vertical Pull · Beginner

Single-Arm Lat Pulldown

Compound vertical pull exercise using cable.
Movement pattern
Vertical Pull
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Cable
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Single-Arm Lat Pulldown

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder extensionprimary action

    Latissimus dorsi (prime mover, high emphasis); Teres major (synergist, high emphasis); Posterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Triceps brachii (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder adductionsecondary action

    Latissimus dorsi (synergist, moderate emphasis); Teres major (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow flexionsecondary action

    Brachialis (synergist, high emphasis); Brachioradialis (synergist, moderate emphasis); Biceps brachii (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula depressionsecondary action

    Trapezius (synergist, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

    External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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