Jason Genova - new videos

[Melkor]

Its a stricter motion, especially if you really focus on just pulling with the lats.

Pulldowns>Pullups any day of the week and I can do a shit load of strict pullups easily.

Have you ever used one of those pullover machines? I've never been in a gym that has one but they look as though they would be pretty good at focusing completely on the lats, as they take the arms out of the exercise all together.

[SuperTed]

Didn't know Vic Costa was still making videos. I remember watching some his stuff back around 2010.
Enjoyed his videos even if some of the information he gave was questionable.

[Julio Ceasar]

Oh! Please show me some before and afterpics of yourbrutal back development since u started do like rick say

[oldtimer1]

Doing a dead hang pull up or chin up then going all the way up is a brutal exercise. What guys do are partials. Not going all the way up is the biggest cheat. The bar should touch the upper region of your chest or come close. You want to get you elbows down to fully engage the lats through a full range of motion.

Pull downs have turned into a super cheating exercise. Guys that couldn't do 10 strict pull ups use 250lbs plus jerking the bar as they lean back doing the pull down. Stay upright. It will limit the weight but you will really feel it in the lats. If you want to do a row then do a row with a barbell, dumbbell or cable. Again pull the bar to the upper chest. Don't take a crazy wide grip on the bar. Shoulder width will do it. A really wide grip limits the travel of the elbows from full extension to all the way down. It's that lat muscle that is pulling your arms down so think about the travel from where your elbows are.

[Thin Lizzy]

Every exercise has turned into a cheating exercise as most people are unable to leave their egos at the door.

The problem with pull ups is that you're not allowed warm up sets as you're stuck with your bodyweight as the  be all end all. Eventually you're gonna get hurt.

With pulldowns, a mindset I've found helpful is to think about bringing your chest to the bar and that will cause you to bring the bar down and back with your arms serving strictly as levers.

Why are pulldowns harder with the same weight than pullups?  

Anyone else think this?

What Adonis said. With pull-ups, most get that swinging motion going which adds momentum to the force applied.