Back · Cable
Cable Lateral Pulldown with V-Bar
How to do the cable lateral pulldown with v-bar, 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 a cable pulldown station with a V-bar attachment. Grip the handles, pull the bar down toward your chest while squeezing your shoulder blades together, then return slowly under control.
- 1Feel your lats contracting as you draw the V-bar toward your chest
- 2Keep your shoulder blades down and squeezed together at the bottom
- 3Control the way up to feel a stretch through your back
Common mistakes
- Avoid leaning far back or using momentum to yank the bar down
- Don't let your shoulders shrug up toward your ears
- Don't pull with your biceps alone; initiate with your back
Muscles worked
The cable lateral pulldown with v-bar 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
Kovo programs the cable lateral pulldown with v-bar for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.