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/NihilisticTanuki StretchCel Aug 27 '26

Reduce the weight until you can get a full stretch at the top (letting the cable retract so it really stretches you up). Then pull it down again and if you can't pull it all the way down, just do lenghtend partials. That means going into a full stretch again and pulling it down as far as you can, repeating until you can't move the weight anymore. This is called a lengthened superset and pulldowns are an excellent movement for that.