Pullups vs Lat Pulldowns | Back Workout with James Grage
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- In this video, James Grage compares the lat pulldown vs the pull up for building a muscular back. We discuss the advantages of lat pulldowns, such as adjustable resistance, better range of motion and mind muscle connection. James also shares an easy hack to get more out of your pull-ups using resistance bands. Join us as we dive into the pros and cons of these two exercises and help you decide which one is right for your back workout.
Disclaimer: This video is based on my personal experiences and preferences in fitness. Remember, exercise science is always evolving and opinions vary. What works best is different for each person.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Advantages of Lat Pulldowns
00:53 Importance of Range of Motion and Mind-Muscle Connection
01:20 Hack for Pull-Ups with Resistance Bands
01:59 Focus on Elbows and Range of Motion in Pull-Ups
02:26 Additional Attachments and Body Angles in Lat Pulldowns
02:46 Conclusion
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Great video i m getting into pull up bars and bands. Starting to get stronger
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Always good information.Nice one.Thank you james.
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I find that my arms are more exhausted by pullups. I like to follow pullups with machine pullovers to ensure adequate lat destruction. Both great exercises, but I definitely feel more like I'm pulling straight from my lats with pulldowns.
From my experience, most people (myself included) are in the same boat
Excellent information
I appreciate it!
Thanks James! One thing that worked for me was that I didn't incorporate pull-ups in my routine until I was able to pulldown near my weight. As you mentioned in the video, if your lats can't carry you up your biceps and delts will kick in and that's just a recipe for an injury.
I’d say that would be a pretty good approach for a lot of people. Some will say that the only way to get better at doing a pull up is by doing a pull up - but in this case the goal isn’t to get “better” at pull ups, it’s to build a better back
I think grip strength also plays a vital role. If you can't hang from a pull-up bar for at least 45 seconds to a minute, you have no chance of doing a significant number of pull-ups.
Interestingly, I have seen a ton of well-built people who can not do pull-ups , and young kids who are not well built knock out a ton with no problem.
Hi James
when is the next workout series coming? The Frank Zane series was great! I'm looking forward to a new one. Maybe Dorian Yates style?
What about a neutral grip pull-up with the v-bar handle? Please note that I mean a pull-up not a pulldown. You can anchor a v-bar handle on a bar and do pullups that way.
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. For me I find that the same factors apply. It can be a great variation as long as you can get good ROM and mind/muscle connection
pull ups blew up my back
I work out in my garage, so I usually just do the pullups. I have used bands too to simulate a lat pulldown, but, I never seem to get the tension right. Curious to hear your opinion on grips; IE, pronated vs supinated. My understanding is supinated hits the biceps too, but less lat activation, but I have also heard that although it hits the lats less, it’s not much less, and so the overall lat/plus bicep work is worth it. Love to hear your thoughts.
So it really comes down to technique, range of motion and a bit of mind/muscle connection.....when your average person does a pull up with a supinated grip they have a tendency to rely heavily on the biceps because they're just focused on pulling their chin up to the bar. With that said, if you're able to focus on driving those elbows down and backward you'll get a much stronger contraction in the lats. I see the same thing with reverse grip pulldowns. If you go heavy then we all have a tendency to recruit a lot of biceps to assist. If you drop it down to a resistance level that you can control, we can shift our focus to drive those elbows down and back, bringing the bar to our chest.
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@@JamesGrageWhen do close grip pull downs I lock my elbows so it engages the lats and not the biceps.
When I use bands...I use a high positioned anchor...but bend at the waist to be in the same angle and in line with the the band..if it makes sense.
The lats are BURNING !!!
Wouldn't use anything else.
I work in my basement and when I first found this fella's workout videos on youtube I was looking up old school hood workouts or penitentiary workouts, he used to do these old-school garage workouts where he'd be working on a muscle car and then he'd clang and bang some old iron and chains in his garage, I miss the hell outta them old garage workouts, reminded me of how I grew up working out in the River Quay, I don't anything about bodybuilding, just learned to workout from being troubled youth.
I have a really hard time with pull-ups because of chronic back pain. I can go extremely heavy with a Lat pull down though but running out of weight on the cable machine!
Just let your ego at the door...and do proper form.....
You'll find there are PLENTY of weights !! 🤣🤣
I would say that if you want to make the Pulldowns more challenging, since you’re running out weight stack, make sure you’re able to get the bar to the chest and then try to get a slight pause there at the peak of the contraction, and then go with a good 2 second eccentric. Add in all that extra time under tension (TUT) and it will make a lighter weight feel heavy.
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