Close-Grip Lat Pulldown

Start

Finish

How to do it

Using a V-handle or narrow grip, sit tall with the thighs pinned, lean back about 15 degrees and pull the handle to your upper stomach, driving the elbows straight down along the ribs.

Muscles worked

Primary: back · Also works: biceps

Equipment

Cables, Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Rocking the torso back toward horizontal to move heavier weight
• Ending the pull when the handle touches rather than when the shoulder blades have fully depressed
• Letting the shoulders ride up to the ears at the top of the return

Variations

• Underhand close-grip pulldown
• One-and-a-half rep pulldown with a half rep at the bottom

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Lat Pulldown
• Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
• Seated Cable Row

Related exercises

• Pull-Upback
• Lat Pulldownback
• Barbell Bent-Over Rowback
• Single-Arm Dumbbell Rowback
• Resistance Band Rowback
• Inverted Rowback