High cable crossover pulldown

Lats

• Target muscles: back, arms, shoulders
• Equipment: gym machine
• Level: intermediate

How to do it

1. Attach a handle to each high pulley and stand centered between the towers, feet shoulder-width apart.
2. Grab the left handle with your right hand and the right handle with your left hand, so the cables cross overhead.
3. Stand tall and brace your core, arms raised up and out to the sides.
4. Pull the handles down and out, driving with your elbows and squeezing your shoulder blades together until your hands reach shoulder level.
5. Hold at the bottom, then return your arms up under control without relaxing your back.
6. Repeat for the desired number of reps.

Swap it for

• Single-Arm Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown Machine
• cable bar lateral pulldown
• Behind-the-neck lat pulldown
• Standing Crossover Cable Pulldown (Full Range)
• Reverse-Grip Machine Lat Pulldown
• Gironda chest-to-bar pull-up

Harder

• Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown Behind the Neck

Easier

• Reverse-Grip Machine Lat Pulldown
• Alternating single-arm pulldown
• cable bar lateral pulldown
• Standing Crossover Cable Pulldown (Full Range)