Close-grip lat pulldown

Sets, reps and RIR

Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.

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, Upper back, Rotator cuff.

Estimate your one-rep max

Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Lat pulldown smalt grep
• Svenska Latsdrag smalt grepp
• Dansk Lat pulldown smalt greb
• Deutsch Latzug enger Griff
• Español Jalón al pecho agarre cerrado
• Italiano Lat machine presa stretta
• Português Puxada com pegada fechada
• Русский Тяга верхнего блока узким хватом
• Français Tirage vertical prise serrée

Related back exercises

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

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.