Back · Leverage Machine
Lever Seated Wide Lat Pulldown
How to do the lever seated 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 at the lever pulldown machine with your thighs locked under the pads and take a wide grip on the handles, palms facing forward. Pull the handles down toward your upper chest, leading with your elbows and squeezing your shoulder blades together. Control the handles back up to a full stretch and repeat.
- 1Your lats and upper back doing the pulling as your elbows drive down
- 2Your shoulder blades drawing down and back before the elbows bend
- 3A full stretch at the top and a strong squeeze at the bottom
Common mistakes
- Leaning back excessively or jerking your torso to move the weight
- Pulling mainly with your biceps instead of your back
- Letting the handles snap back up; control the return
Muscles worked
The lever seated 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
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Last reviewed June 2026.