Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable)
Trains the upper back. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a upper back exercise that is, there are 13 on the Upper Back page.
Muscles worked
What Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable) trains
Technique
How to do the Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable)
- Sit at the lat pulldown machine and secure your thighs under the pads. Grasp the bar with an underhand grip (palms facing you), hands about shoulder-width apart, arms fully extended overhead.
- Pull the bar down towards your upper chest by driving your elbows down and back, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- Pause briefly at the bottom with the bar near your chest.
- Slowly return the bar to the starting position, fully extending your arms with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Lean back slightly and keep your chest up to create a clear path for the bar.
- Avoid using momentum or rocking your torso to pull the weight down.
- Exhale as you pull the bar down and inhale as you return it overhead.
- Focus on driving your elbows down towards your hips to engage your lats and upper back.
Substitutes
Swap Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown (Cable) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.