While most people won’t have a lat pulldown machine at home, you can still build strength and mass in your lats at home with little equipment. One option is to use a resistance band securely attached overhead. Then, you can kneel or stand and either do a traditional pulldown by bending your elbows at the side or a straight-arm variation.

To perform a lat pulldown you will get into seated position on the cable machine or lat pulldown machine then reach up to grab the bar with both hands using an overhand grip with hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. From there, you will pull down on the bar by adducting the lats while depressing the scapulae and flexing at the elbows.