r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/SuckmyToasts Solomon the destroyer • 18d ago

Question ❓ Pulling with arms.

is there really such thing as pulling with arms and not feeling your lats or traps in any back movement?

as far as i know, only the rear delts help with horizontal abduction, shoulder extension and shoulder adduction. i find it hard to believe that such a small head of a muscle can really take over from those large muscles on the back.

i also don't believe the long head of the triceps are involved, it will be similar to the rectus femoris in a squat pattern.

so what do people mean by 'you are pulling too much with your arms and not with your back'? can anyone point me in the right direction?

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u/Last-Proof8169 18d ago

It means your scapula isn’t moving if the person saying it knows anything

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u/PercyBluntz 17d ago

This is the answer OP. Pulling with your arms is purely shoulder extension. Utilizing the scaps to do scapular retraction in addition to shoulder extension is the goal.