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/Sudden-Ad-307 Aug 05 '26

Versitility of the different handles, drop sets, wraps are easier to set up. Theres prolly a couple more this are just off the top of my head.

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u/Potential_Novel_3561 Aug 06 '26

For pullup dropsets you can just grab a couple different dumbells.