Lat Pulldown Alternatives

Need a Lat Pulldown alternative? Maybe the station is taken, the equipment isn't available, or the movement doesn't feel right. These substitutes were hand-picked to train the same muscles, each with the reason it works. Tap any exercise to open it in the free sheet builder.

Alternative	Equipment	Trains	Why it works
Pull-Up	Bodyweight	Lats	Harder progression · Little to no equipment needed
Chin-Up	Bodyweight	Lats, Biceps	Harder progression · Same muscles from a different angle
Close-Grip Lat Pulldown	Cable	Lats	Same muscles from a different angle
Dumbbell Pullover	Dumbbell	Lats	Easy to do at home · Same muscles from a different angle
Inverted Row	Bodyweight	Upper Back, Lats	Little to no equipment needed · Easier variation to start with

Programs that include Lat Pulldown

Beginner Full Body
Push Pull Legs (6-Day)
Upper Lower (4-Day)
Push Pull Legs (3-Day)
Classic Bro Split (5-Day)
Machine-Only Full Body

Every alternative on this page was hand-picked and cross-checked against our open muscle activation dataset; none of it is auto-generated.