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Fix This in Your Lat Pulldown 👇🏽

If you’re shrugging your shoulders during lat pulldowns, you’re likely missing out on effectively targeting middle- + lower traps and rhomboids and may be overactivating your upper traps.

Here’s how to correct it:

Scapular Retraction: Begin by gently pulling your shoulder blades back.

Scapular Depression: Then, draw them down, away from your ears.

Elbow Path: As you pull the bar down, focus on driving your elbows toward your ribs, not flaring them out.

Chest Position: Keep your chest lifted to maintain proper alignment.

Allow these actions to occur naturally as you begin the downward motion. This approach ensures optimal engagement of the middle- + lower traps and rhomboids and promotes healthy shoulder mechanics.

Remember: It’s not about pulling the bar to your chest at all costs—it’s about engaging the right muscles through proper form.

Save this tip for your next back workout! 💪🏽

I can’t hear it anymore. 😡

First of all - do whatever you like and look however you wanna look and don’t strive after what other people think you should look like!

Now that we have that settled - yes - if you don’t want curves and shape, you can choose another sport than heavy weightlifting. Of course it’s all personal preference, and you do whatever you like to do. I just don’t want women to be scared of getting “too bulky” because someone told them so.

Training heavy will not mysteriously make you put on too much muscle or look bulky. 🤯
It’s almost disrespectful to think that 🤣 as women have to train so so hard for years and years and be so dialled in to build a significant amount of muscle because of our hormonal differences to men. So don’t worry, you won’t mistakenly fall over a barbell and be shredded af out of no where. Most people don’t have the discipline and drive to get there. The ones that have worked out for years, know this. This is not luck. It’s hard work. 💪🏽

So - eat lots of nutritious food, lift heavy and be consistent if you want to build muscle that underline your *feminine* curves. ��Lets get stronger and bigger, instead of smaller!!!!!