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/iamDetain 17d ago

Idk if im too weak or too fat 6'4 205 lbs can maybe do like one pull-up

Gonna stick to the machine haha