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Cable Crossover Pulldown: A Unique Move for a Wider Back

Add some width to your upper lats for a better V-taper with the cable crossover pulldown – a unique exercise that can be added to any back workout.

Cable Crossover Pulldown: A Unique Move for a Wider Back
Written By Jim Stoppani, PhD
Updated August 24, 2020

What happens when you combine a cable crossover and a wide-grip lat pulldown? You create bigger lats and a wider V-taper, that's what!

As anyone who follows me knows, I love to get creative and come up with new exercise variations to target specific, often hard to reach, areas. My latest move is the Cable Crossover Pulldown.

Don't let the "cable crossover" part of the name fool you – this is strictly an upper back exercise, not a chest/back combo move. The cable crossover pulldown targets the upper lats as well as the smaller teres major muscle that, when fully developed, helps create width in the back.

For a full demonstration of how to perform cable crossover pulldowns, check out the below video. As you'll see by watching it, the key technique points of the exercise are this:

  • Kneel down on the floor in the middle of the cable crossover station so you can reach complete arm extension and a full range of motion; I even

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