Back · Cable
Cable Close Grip Front Lat Pulldown
How to do the cable close grip front lat pulldown, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- VerticalPull
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Sit at the cable lat pulldown station and attach a close-grip handle, gripping with hands closer than shoulder-width. Pin your thighs under the pads, lean back slightly, and pull the handle down to your upper chest while squeezing your shoulder blades. Control the bar back to full stretch.
- 1Feel your lats pull the handle down to your upper chest
- 2Keep your elbows tucked and shoulders down to load the lats
- 3Squeeze at the bottom, then control the stretch back up
Common mistakes
- Avoid leaning back excessively or swinging for momentum
- Don't let your shoulders shrug up; keep them pulled down
- Avoid pulling with your arms alone; drive with your back
Muscles worked
The cable close grip front lat pulldown mainly works the lats and biceps, with the forearms, lower traps, mid traps, upper abs, and rear delts assisting.
- LatsPrimary
- BicepsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower TrapsSupport
- Mid TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Rear DeltsSupport
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Last reviewed June 2026.