Close grip underhand lat pulldown

Exercise: Close grip lat pulldown

Muscles Exercised: Lats, Middle Back, Biceps, Forearms, Grip

Description: Place your legs under the kneepads of the cable pulldown machine, keeping your feet flat on the floor or footrest. Grasp the bar firmly with an underhand grip, keeping your hands slightly less than shoulder width apart. Pull the bar down to your chest, arching your back slightly and keeping your elbows directly below the bar. For maximum stimulation of the lats and back muscles, imagine you are trying to squeeze something between your shoulder blades. Pause briefly with the bar in position at the height of your collarbone. Slowly raise the bar back to the starting position. Do not use your body weight to pull the bar down. If you are taller than average and can’t reach full extension you may have to lean back slightly while doing this exercise, however make sure to maintain a steady position throughout the exercise.

Click below to view a video of two of our authors performing FULL sets of each exercise.

Video 1
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