same machine, three different backs — your grip decides. close grip for lower lats and the v-taper, shoulder-width for the all-rounder, wide for upper and outer back. 🎥 @ps_ladymaverick (Instagram)
3 Lat Pulldown Grips — Know the Difference
Understanding your grip helps you get more from back workouts. Close grip: strong range of motion, emphasis on the lats — builds the lower-lat development behind a defined V-taper. Medium (shoulder-width) grip: balanced elbow path involving lats, teres major and upper/mid-back — the all-rounder. Wide grip: biases the upper and outer back.
BackLatsCable Machine
Exercises
- 1Close-Grip Lat Pulldown1 sets
Lower/mid lats — V-taper builder
- 2Medium-Grip Lat Pulldown1 sets
Overall back — the all-rounder
- 3Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown1 sets
Upper/outer back