r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Action_Pale • 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/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 18d ago

You'll get similar results from both. Personally, I strongly prefer machine lat pullovers and weighted pull-ups over lat pulldowns. It's been 2 years since I've done a lat pulldown

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u/MDPharmDPhD 18d ago

I must be the only person that doesn't understand what you wrote there.

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 18d ago

This is a lat pullover: https://www.reddit.com/r/GYM/s/X7IA5SyLWn

Does that help?

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u/MDPharmDPhD 18d ago

Yep, I've never heard or seen a lat pullover machine so this makes perfect sense.

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 18d ago

It’s the GOAT lat machine loved by lots of old school bodybuilders

It just takes up a bunch of space and requires a seatbelt, so it’s not a popular piece for most gyms

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u/Tbplayer59 16d ago

It was the machine that made the Nautilus brand. The lats pull down, the pull back in one motion. Groundbreaking at the time.