Back · Leverage Machine
Lever Seated Single Arm Wide Lat Pulldown
How to do the lever seated single arm wide lat pulldown, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- VerticalPull
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Sit in the lever pulldown machine with your thigh pad snug and grip the wide handle with one hand, arm extended overhead. Pull the handle down toward your shoulder by driving your elbow down and back, squeezing your lat, then control the handle slowly back to the stretched position. Repeat, then switch sides.
- 1Your lat engaging on the working side as you pull the handle down
- 2The movement starting from your shoulder blade dropping, then the elbow bending
- 3A full stretch through the lat at the top of each rep
Common mistakes
- Leaning back or twisting your torso to move the weight
- Yanking with your biceps instead of driving the elbow down
- Letting the handle snap back up out of control
Muscles worked
The lever seated single arm wide 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
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.