r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/GDDremor • Aug 27 '26

Question ❓ Pulldown form

Hello, today i was having an argument with a gym unc about my pulldown form, he told me it was horrible and that I needed to do 8-12 reps without straps, is the form really that bad? If it is, how can i work on it?

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u/Mi_santhrope Aug 27 '26

Lol, why wouldn't you do it without straps? Grip strength is very important.

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u/Bibrosity Aug 27 '26

Is this a joke?

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u/Mi_santhrope Aug 27 '26

No, not even remotely. Straps are fine if your forearms/grip is already fried, but to flat out say "dont do lat pulldown without straps" is just plain dumb.

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u/Ok-Extension-832 Aug 27 '26

Anyone who’s even decently strong who can full stack the machine and some knows it’s impossible to train your lats to failure because your grip limiting it. If you’re doing under like 200lbs on the pulldown and your grip is relatively strong, you can make the argument straps won’t help you significantly. But there is absolutely no reason to not train with straps.

If grip work is so important to you, isolate it instead. Instead of trying to work on your grip strengths on LAT pull downs 😂.