Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / pull
Lat pulldown
Thigh pad locked, ribs stacked, grip just outside shoulder width.
Muscles
- Primary
- lats
- Supporting
- biceps, mid back
Mechanics
- Pattern
- vertical pull
- Equipment
- cable, machine
- Geometry
- 150° Pull Pivot
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Elbows drive down toward ribs while the torso stays quiet.
- Progression
- Add reps until the lower position is controlled, then add load.
- Regression
- Use neutral grip if shoulders feel crowded overhead.
Watch for
- Leaning back into a row
- Pulling with only the arms
Substitutions
- Neutral-grip pulldown
- Assisted pull-up
- Single-arm pulldown