Lat Pull - CYBEX VR2 Owner's And Service Manual

Lat Pull

The Machine
• Planes of Motion - The "straight bar"/outer handles allow
full motion in the frontal plane (adduction). The
parallel/narrow handles are specifically designed to allow
motion in the sagittal plane (extension). Motion in the
sagittal plane (narrow grip pulldown) is considered more
functional and safer for the shoulder. The individual
handles allow the user to pull through the center of the
body or through the front. The detrimental and minimally
effective "behind the neck" position should be avoided by
leaning back slightly. The handles are also angled to pro-
vide the optimum average wrist position througout the
movement.
• Variable Resistance - The machine provides maximum
resistance at the beginning of motion and appropriately
decreases the resistance to allow full contraction at the end.
• 10 to 305 Pounds by Fives - The top plate provides a minimum weight of ten pounds.
Subsequent plates in the weight stack are twenty pounds each. Three "slide-on" five pound
incremental plates are securely positioned for easy access and effortless addition thereby
providing 10 to 305 pounds in five pound increments.
The Latissimus Dorsi
• Extension/Adduction - The latissimus dorsi is
responsible for extension as well as adduction
of the shoulder joint. The lat is also involved in
internal rotation of the shoulder, however, this
is a mechanically weak motion and becomes
the limiting factor in strength when combined
with other motions. The teres major works
alongside the upper fibers of the lat in adduc-
tion and extension. The combined positions of
external rotation to 90 degrees and abduction
to 90 degrees create the most compromising
position for the shoulder joint.
• Range of Motion - Full normal adduction or
extension begins with the arm in a vertical
position overhead at 180 degrees and ends
with the arm at the side in 0 degrees. Full con-
centric shortening of the lat can only occur
Exercise
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CYBEX VR2 Owner's Manual
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