Cable Wide Neutral-Grip Pulldown

The pulldown on a wide bar with parallel handles at its ends: the hands sit wide as on the lat bar but face each other.

How to do it

Setup

Thighs under the pads, hands on the wide bar's parallel handles, palms facing, arms long overhead.

Steps

Pull the bar to the upper chest, elbows wide and down.
Squeeze the lats with the chest lifted.
Let the bar rise to a full stretch.

Common mistakes

Pulling the bar behind the head: bring it to the chest. Leaning back into a row: keep the small lean fixed. Shrugging at the top of the stretch: draw the blades down first.

Breathing

Exhale on the pull, inhale on the return.