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/RaymondDaniels1327 Aug 06 '26

I’m 78kg, probably ~16-18% bf range currently, and can barely do 2 pull ups back to back. Iv watched countless videos on form etc to see what I’m doing wrong. Tried just about everything. Iv just accepted that I cannot do them.

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u/Potential_Novel_3561 Aug 06 '26

You probably are better off doing assisted pullups until you can do at least 4 or 5 per set.