Strength · Vertical pull · Cable
Close-Grip Lat Pulldown
Close-Grip Lat Pulldown is a strength exercise on a cable machine that mainly works the lats, with help from the biceps and upper back.
How to do it
- Thighs under the pad, chest up
- Lean back only slightly
- Pull the elbows down towards the ribs, bar to the upper chest
- Let the arms straighten fully on the way up
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Lats
Also
- Biceps
- Upper back
Joints it loads
- Elbow some
- Grip and forearms some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of close-grip lat pulldown, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.