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Visual demonstration of the Cable Underhand Pulldown Wide Grips exercise

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Intermediate

Difficulty
Intermediate
Movement type
Strength
Primary muscles
Upper back
Secondary muscles
Shoulders Biceps
Equipment
Cable
Exercise guide

Cable Underhand Pulldown Wide Grips

4 steps Updated 29/08/2026

Cable Underhand Pulldown Wide Grips is a resistance exercise targeting Middle Back (Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major), Upper Back (Rhomboids) using Cable Pulley Machine.

Step by step

How to perform it

  1. Sit at the lat pulldown machine with your feet flat on the floor and knees secured under the pads. Attach a wide grip bar to the high pulley and grasp it with both hands using an underhand grip (palms facing back), hands wider than shoulder-width apart.
  2. Pull the bar down towards your upper chest by bending your elbows and bringing them down and back.
  3. Slowly extend your arms back to the starting position with control.
  4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Cable Underhand Pulldown Wide Grips

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