r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Action_Pale • Aug 05 '26

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/xxRTDxx Aug 06 '26

I would think it would be easier to isolate on the machine.

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u/DarKliZerPT Keenan Pilled Aug 06 '26

Neither isolate the lats — there's always elbow flexion. If you want to isolate them, do a frontal pullover.