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Banded pulldown

Back · Band

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets2 to 4
Reps12 to 20
RIR0 to 2

Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Lats.

Secondary: Biceps.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Pulldown med strikk
  • Swedish Latsdrag med gummiband
  • Danish Pulldown med elastik
  • German Latzug mit Widerstandsband
  • Spanish Jalón con banda elástica
  • Italian Lat machine con elastico
  • Portuguese Puxada com elástico
  • Russian Тяга резинки сверху
  • French Tirage vertical avec élastique

Related back exercises

  • Deadlift (barbell)
  • Romanian deadlift (barbell)
  • Barbell row
  • Pendlay row
  • T-bar row
  • Shrugs (barbell)

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