Pull-Up Vs Lat-Pulldown (PRO's & CON's)

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In this video we are going to compare the differences, pros and con's for both the Lat Pull down and Pull up exercises. By the end of this video you will be able to determine which exercise you should use for various goals and purposes.

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[@fortnitememes3758]

I like to do lap pull down but pull-ups are more fun, the reason y I like lap pull down is because I only have lap pull down machine in my home gym and don't have a pull up bar

[@WGJ791]

Pull ups all fuckin day

[@patrickhodson8715]

I prefer the lat pulldown over the pullup for the simple reason that I can do the lat pulldown.

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but if you can finally do one, it would have a great sense of achievement. that's what happened to me

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[@camerongawn]

dude has incredible form

[@niveshproag3761]

He has perfect form. Everyone should.

[@doctorharlingston]

Goosenecking on some of those weighted pullups

[@retarded8122]

not a great example to do dead hang pull ups if you have bad shoulders

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@@retarded8122 then recover the bad shoulder first

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[@assaado]

first. Definitely pull-ups

[@alphalima7458]

Lat pulldowns until strong enough+understand how to activate the correct muscle, then change to pullups->weighted pullups

[@kubinooooooo]

thank you, really didnt need the guy rambling for 15 minutes for this

[@kickboxer8173]

yes. agreed

[@cloudybrains]

The biggest benefit of lat pulldowns for me is that when I do pull ups I get winded really quickly. I often feel dizzy or even sick when I pile pull ups on top of deadlifts or squats in the same workout but lat pulldowns help you get stronger lats without fatiguing your body as much. Definitely useful for beginners like me who have trouble finishing a 45 minute workout.

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[@MikaelLewisify]

Probably both until you have enough strength to do weighted pull ups. 4 months ago I was 25lbs heavier and couldn’t do a single pull up, so I focused on lat pull downs and rows until I’d built the strength to do pull-ups. Now I’m able to do 3 sets of 5 pull ups. Once I’m able to do 10, I’ll start adding weight.

[@larrybardwell8461]

hows your progress coming along?

[@MikaelLewisify]

@@larrybardwell8461 eh…not well. I sort of fell off the wagon. Work life got super busy post covid and fitness went on the back burner. Life balance is hard. But I’m back on the wagon now and trying to get back to where I was.

[@YigalWeinstein]

@@MikaelLewisify I recently quit my old job, on the last of Jan. I'm now on the same mend as you were, losing weight, using lat pull downs, and rows to get the strength necessary to perform non-single sets of pull ups. Best of luck getting back into fitness, and I'm grateful I have the resources to focus on health and overall life goals instead of work, for a while at least.

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[@doug.henning.6966]

I really need a quality video on the one arm pushup and you're the only one I trust to do it.

[@mohanad0408]

Simple, do archer push ups until they become easy, then you can work on the one arm push ups. I'm explaining this to you, because I don't really think Daniel likes or promotes the one arm push up.

[@doug.henning.6966]

MD9 thanks bro. I know it can put a lot of pressure on the shoulders but that's really only of you don't respect the movement.

[@mohanad0408]

It puts pressure on the spine actually, I really like it anyways , but I stopped doing it just to avoid any injury.

[@andreashober6508]

jacob ronningen the channel Abnormal beings has done a great video about that

[@ATXpert]

i feel it more in the shoulder rather then the spine

[@mohanad0408]

weighted pull ups !!! nothing feels more badass for me than lifting those plates with a belt while doing pull ups.

[@ekapurura]

MD9 Hell yeah..Love that. It really makes you strong.

[@MarianoGrande1]

Yeah, I can do just 7 pullups, but it is awsome to take one 5kg plate and do a few. Just for fun.

[@jessisme524]

Imagine being able to do that😈

[@T94869]

@@jessisme524 don’t imagine it. You can do it too if you want to

[@jessisme524]

@@T94869 can do some of them now actually

[@roycemitchell1692]

Thanks this was a big help. I'm one of those guys who can move a whole stack doing pulldowns but struggle with pullups. This was an eye opener

[@no8t4]

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[@tonyc.5166]

Very educational! Great to see and hear you break down some technical terms and the cause and effect of said terminology! Perfect vid! Good shout about the ill effects of certain assisted pullups! Thank you!

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[@CalisthenicTraining]

Pullup

[@FitnessFAQs]

I think the consensus might just be biased with the audience on my channel 😂

[@altuber99_athlete]

Yes, and because they're harder.

[@teemujarkka4235]

FitnessFAQs pull ups, because it's such an awesome and hard movement and you can do so many differend variations , and it's good for my health overall.

[@trialsofjobe]

thank you! came to comments first!

[@joeylyons4549]

This video really helped me out. Watching his perfect form has caused me to do t same. Slow down and really get something out of the reps instead of hurrying though with sloppy ass reps

[@johannpfouche]

I am not genetically gifted with a V-shape torso but since making pull-ups part of my routine (a warm-up exercise every gym day) I developed the V-shape with good back muscle definition. This video greatly improves my understanding, thanks Daniel.

[@TheAnarchist99]

It's crazy how some people can develop V-shape back with bodyweight pull ups. I had to do heavy weighted pull ups and chin ups (over 50 pounds) to get a descent v shaped back. I didn't have much back definition back when I could barely do 5 pull ups

[@alfredfx0]

Great video Daniel! I was just thinking about that topic and you gave me all the answers i needed, thanks a lot! :)

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The content is always great, thank you !!

[@lordznehlrak9781]

One of the best videos on the subject!

[@vinnyyep4853]

ThanksMan I love doing pull ups anywhere at anytime I love your videos man - Cheers from Miami Florida !!

[@TheRaph2011]

Good video continue like that ! I think you are the better far from all the other i saw on youtube

[@noeltupas]

Excellent information. Thank you!

[@LeXx0r]

would love to see a video on weighted pull up/dips progression

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I have just subscribed to your channel Thank you so much for giving those information

[@mikebm12345]

This is a fantastic video

[@labanix]

High quality knowledge! More please

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

Doing a resistance workout on the pull up is also a great way to build up to pull ups as well as dips. I saw a video you made demonstrating a pull up utilizing only the resistance going down for several reps for a few sets to build up to either a pull up and even a dip. I've actually used this technique for dips a few years ago because I had let myself gain weight and had stopped working out for a little over a year. I really enjoy your videos! lots of great knowledge imparted to understand why form is important, which I have always strived for, and I grew up in an era where gym at school was mandatory and calisthenics was routinely done every day, along with a short jog. Thanks for posting the videos!🙂

[@ze_german2921]

I always done better gains on a Pulldown bar vs assisted Pull-up. This has clarified a lot

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Commodore forever!

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I always have thought that a bulky body is great, but YOUR shape and body physic is harmonic! Thanks for the videos

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What a video! Lots of information and good tips

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Fantastic explanation Daniel!

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Very informative. Thank you again

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Keep up the good work. strong advice.

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Great presentation! Thank you, Daniel! :)

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great information. Thank you!

[@sebastianreef6423]

Awesome Video! You got it to the point!

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Definitely helps when you have a good reason to do a particular exercise. I rock climb - so, pull ups are a must! Sometimes you gotta mantle onto a shelf and if you biff it, you are taking a nice long fall!

[@khoavtr6568]

I did both lat pull down and pull up Daniel. Btw, great video contents as usual. Keep it going man!

[@mathdavies9546]

Both is good for me ! Excellent video again :-)

[@peterwestergaardblom3119]

Great video. Please make more like this

[@doersphysique]

I appreciate your doin Daniel thank you 🙏🏾💪🏾⚡

[@Chumley71]

Excellent video on the subject

[@jason.blahasnaturalferment6322]

daniel, please i am sure everyone would want to see a video on what i am about to say. please make a video on your strength in the bench press, deadlift, squat, barbell military press and weighted dip. i know that you may not perform some of these exercises regularly but we would love to see the impact bodyweight exercises has had on bench, deadlift, overhead press etc. cheers

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

Gold's Gym usually has a spot pad you can pull out under a pull up bar, and you can add or drop weight to the spot pad that you rest your knees on. I started out with that back in 2011 when I was getting back into working out after 6 or 7 years of complacency of no work outs. It really takes a lot of focus on strengthening the tendons and ligaments that hold everything together with light workouts and eating healthy and building oxygen levels in the blood for the muscles. Cardio is important, especially for people that are over weight and haven't worked out in years. Anyway, thanks for the videos. Body weight workouts are probably some of the most healthy workouts for your body!

[@alexismainguet]

Hello Daniel! Do you have to be absolutely passionate about anatomy to become a Physio? I am not absolutely passionate about this topic, I don't know if it's because it's hard for me to learn anatomy or if I just don't enjoy it... but you make an excellent teacher about this topic, you make it enjoyable to understand and apply. Thank you!

[@DANFLIX98]

amazing video, thank you!

[@xXOphidianXx]

Man i love you so much, you are so dedicated to make those videos and your taste in music is just awesome. p.s: Pull-Ups over everything :D

[@FitnessFAQs]

Thanks for your feedback Ophidian.

[@FacePullTiToX]

I completely ditched lat pulldowns when I started calisthenics a few years ago. Zero regrets. My best back development gains have come from pull ups, rows and deadlifts. For me personally, I would only throw in lat pull downs at the end of a workout to induce great metabolic stress in the back muscles, but again, I can still get a similar effect performing high reps on inverted/Australian rows (reaching failure). Pull ups are a superior exercise, although this video does a great job at showing when lat pull downs could be a valuable tool. Keep up the awesome content, Daniel.

[@carlpiaf4476]

After any bar work training, I end with a few sets of one arm lat pull down on an outdoor gym equipment which is moved by a long straight bar for two hands, interspersed with sets of one arm overhead press. This gives extra training time with a lower possibility of injury due to tiring of stabilizer muscles. It also helps with fixing asymmetries which occur in non-asymmetric training on the bar.

[@govedo94]

Great video...very nice Daniel

[@justryan2070]

Does this mean it's best not to use a resistance band for muscle ups? (Because it gives the most help at the bottom)

[@Anvergem]

You are genius young man 👨

[@sapinva]

So true. I used to be able to do a one finger pullup when I was rock climbing 30 hours a week. Many years later, I'm still pretty strong on lat pulls (absolute strength), but couldn't do a one armed pullup (much less one finger) if there was a gun to my head. That is some perfect form btw.

[@lifecalisthenics5459]

Hey Daniel, love the longer recent vids, just wondering how young were you when you first started training?

[@vyaschoolun9272]

Awesome video as usual .plz try kneeling lats pulldown I think the mind muscle connection n kinetic chain really mimics that of a regular pull up.thnx

[@Themindofreyrey]

Love the video. Do you have a video breaking down the pull up form a d recommended grips?

[@Mekkino39]

I usually do pull ups but a few days ago my arms were sore from a previous workout and it was painful doing pullups so I tried the lat pull down, surprisingly I was able to do heavy pull downs heavier than my bodyweight.

[@Quasiawful]

Hey Daniel great video! Quick question, do you lock out on pullups or straighten arms with just a slight bend at the bottum (no lock but max range)?

[@quinton5453]

Daniel, As always, thank you so very much for your lucid scientific explanations for bodyweight training! You're always spot on; I love it! Quick question: you mentioned that resistance bands are a poor training tool for pull-ups because it helps where you need the most strength. Does this also apply to planche training? I have been primarily training planche with a resistance band...do you recommend I just work on tucks and advanced tucks, maybe incorporate both bands and tucks? Much thanks! Quinton

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Keep it up mate!

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I am chubby and calisthenics helped me get into better shape than I was before(obese).

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Very good video

[@MrCristopher99]

6:24 the "fish out of the water" exercise :D

[@ruitfsilva]

Great video, thanks :)

[@mydarlinglana]

Pullups, mainly because I've always aspired to be able to pull my own body up and have my chin cross the bar. I started out at 210 and could hardly lift myself. I'm currently 163 and am almost at the bar now. It's taken about a year of practice to get here. I don't know if I'll cry once I make it all the way up there lol.

[@JF-xi2ko]

Hey, Daniel, would you make a video about overtraining? What are the signs, what should we do if we feel that we start overtraining etc.?

[@LeonidasKaragiannis]

Hey man! Amazingly informative video, but one recommendation is to link the sources of what you're talking about, so that you'll make the viewer's research easier :)

[@climbscience4813]

Definitely Pull-ups! Hit a new PR of +43 kg for 1 rep today! :-D

[@markhenderson3771]

Thanks for this video Question: What is the best progression if I can only do a low number of pull ups? And when should I move up to pull ups?

[@izzysk8erboy]

pull ups. everything you said about the pull ups are true. especially the part about being honest with yourself. keep up the videos bro!

[@MrMushroomish]

I can just keep watching these vids

[@ShawnKittel]

thanks for the heads up on the bands man, i have been wondering if they might have a detrimental effect in the long haul. Your explanation confirms my suspicion.

[@christiancevallos9820]

If it helps, for me a resistance band helped me a lot. Before i couldn’t do one pull-up. And i didn’t have a gym membership or anything only a pull up bar and a resistance and with the resistance band i could do 5 pull-ups. And the best way for training strength is repitition and those 5 pull-ups 5 sets a day 3 days a week helped a lot. Eventually i could do 10 pull-ups with the band. I took it off and i could do 5 normal without the band and i continued to do them unassisted. So if you can’t do at least 5 pull-ups on your own and can’t go to the gym for the pull down machine i recommend a band cause it helps a lot at the beginning

[@mvvkiran]

Better explanation than Athlean-X... and that's saying something... Good JOb Daniel..

[@ContinualImprovement]

I definitely prefer the pull up. I feel as if it's a lot easier to increase the intensity using additional weight, whereas the lat pull down is more difficult for me.

[@jtorres3150]

Huh, that's interesting. You usually hear the opposite of that.

[@zolo4600]

lol thats weird bro thats weird man

[@adrian10flores]

Greetings from El Salvador

[@coreycheng9926]

thank you

[@davidisrael358]

awesome video bravo

[@alvaroespirituinga3260]

Thanks for the video, Daniel :D u're really good at what you do. Definitely i do prefer pullups :D i love bodyweight training

[@EriPages]

This guy has blown up both in body and channel views from 4 years ago.

[@SimbaUchihaa]

@11:17 I think I'm finally realizing that I have been doing the pull up wrong. I get the range of motion but my form at the top is wrong. My elbows always end too infront of my side, but looking at you, your elbows go a little behind. Great video!

[@brondayfiscal3194]

yo i love ur channel

[@jamescanjuggle]

Yeah I'm still looking for help with hypermobile shoulders,. Even the rotator cuffs a pain in the ass to train for basic functional strength

[@jedrashidul6952]

How's your thoracic extension? I find hypermobile shoulders a bit harder to stabilise if the thoracic region can't produce sufficient extension🤔

[@franchardlelo2023]

Amazing!

[@the_culture3259]

Hey M8, this was really comprehensive thank you. Quick question since you often comment on good form: do you still recommend doing 21's on a pull-up bar since part of that sequence intentionally limits ROM?

[@FitnessFAQs]

Those are just a fun 'tool' to use to spice up training. Full ROM should form the staple of a routine as it will produce the greatest strength gains through range.

[@azreekarim7406]

nice dude,salute

[@larrybaumgart7512]

Can you comment on hand placement please? When would I want to put my hands closer together and when would I want to use a wide grip? It works different muscles depending on the grip. I'm not sure which muscles are worked most with each grip.

[@peter5886]

I do weight training on a regular basis, I want to improve my strength, I'm not a bodybuilder. One of my main back exercises are pull ups, I always do four sets to failure (six to eight reps) and complete the sets with four cheated reps. Recently I did pull downs, which I hadn't done in years. I chose a weight allowing me to do four to six reps. It felt really good! From now on I will use both exercises alternately to improve both my absolute strength and my relative strength.

[@ianrowan5156]

Great video Daniel.interested in doing MORE pull ups but can't do many.(4x5 max on a good day)how do I progress?

[@djulez3513]

Pull up because since I can rep 15 clean I add weight and it feels very good doing. Also when doing good pull training I can judge the quality by doing a simple max pullup set.

[@benko6171]

this is why im subbed 2u

[@geraldbrienza4474]

The assisted pull/chin machine in my gym has been essential in helping me get to unassisted reps.

[@TheAnarchist99]

Good for you. In my case I was doing assisted pull ups for 3 months and I could barely do 1 bad form pull up after that time.

[@geraldbrienza4474]

Julian Rosero : well, you also have to do progressively less assistance as well as static holds at the top and very slow eccentrics. In addition “head banger” pull-ups, scapular pulls and multi hand position Australian rows. Be careful when using the machine, go very slowly keeping good form. I still use it, after I do unassisted I finish off with the machine.

[@pohmetable]

daniel, can you please make video about upper chest on calisthenic. i do heavy weighted dips, but it makes my chest heavy on bottom and zero muscle mass on upper parts (clavicular head).

[@lucadellasciucca9701]

i ve always thought that about the band. never heard of someone saying it in a yt video (and i ve watched a lot!)