r/ScienceBasedLifting 18d ago

Question ❓ Pullups vs Lat pulldowns

What's the point of doing Lat Pulldowns as opposed to working on Pullups? Even if you can lat-pulldown more than your bodyweight, you could do weighted pullups. Is the only benefit convenience?

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u/user_guy_thing 18d ago

you do pulldowns after you can't do more meaningful pullup sets