Lat Pulldown - Close Grip (Cable)

How to do it

1. Attach a V-bar, sit with your thighs under the pad and take the handles.
2. Lean back a little, lift your chest and start with nearly straight arms.
3. Pull the handles below your chin to your upper chest, keeping your elbows close to your torso.
4. Return to straight arms with control.

Key cues

• Chest up, slight lean held still
• Elbows close to your torso
• Handles to chin and upper chest
• Shoulders relaxed down

Common mistakes

• Pulling the bar only partway down
• Arching hard instead of keeping a small lean
• Jerking the weight instead of controlling the way down

Muscles worked

Primary

Lats

Secondary

Biceps, rear delts and forearms

Equipment

Lat pulldown station, cable machine and V-bar.

Variations

• Lat Pulldown (Machine)

  Machine · Lats, traps · Pull

References

1. StrengthLog: Close-Grip Lat Pulldown
2. Planfit: Close Grip Lat Pulldown
3. StrengthLog: Lat Pulldown