Low Ceiling? No Problem! Transform Your Cable Tower into a Lat Pulldown for $20
If you have low ceilings in your home gym, this is the PERFECT lat pulldown solution. Plus, it requires just $20 and absolutely no labor whatsoever.
Yes, you can sit on the floor for lat pulldowns on a pulley tower. But I've been wishing I could just plop my bench right in front of my cable pulley, sit down, and perform lat pulldowns with full extension. Now I can do exactly that.
Setting this up (and taking it apart) takes about 1 minute, and the real beauty is that the wheel does not get in the way of the adjustable pulleys, so it can stay right up there at all times.
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Links to everything I talk about in the video:
Pulley Wheel: amzn.to/49XSttx
45" Cable: amzn.to/4amj0jP
Kaizen Cable Adapter: amzn.to/3VsYjPa
Bells of Steel 2 to 1 Adapter: www.bellsofsteel.us/all-produ...
Leg Pads/Holders: amzn.to/3vjD9In
5/8" Threaded Rod: amzn.to/4cilt0F
Bells of Steel Pulley Tower (Highly, highly recommend going with the weight stack version if you can afford to): www.bellsofsteel.us/all-produ...
Pulldown Handles (I love these): amzn.to/3ToM17F
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Other videos of mine that may be helpful:
Pulley Tower Review: • Weight Stack Pulley To...
Plastic vs Aluminum Pulley Wheels: • Aluminum Cable Pulley ...
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Quick Notes:
- I am 5'10" and this solution will work well for anyone under 6'
- Depending on your pulley tower, you may be able to buy a seat & leg holder attachment as some companies sell them. It could give you some additional height to play with.
- My ceilings are roughly 82" for reference
- I didn't mention it in the video, but one of my favorite parts about this solution is that when you change the weight, the pulldown attachment doesn't fall and hit you in the head like other lat pulldown machines.
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A solid DIY option! For anyone with more ceiling height looking for a more polished attachment, you can get one from Porter PEF for a couple hundred dollars.
@Porterphysed
22 күн бұрын
Thanks man
Bells of steel now includes that T- adaptor now with the cable tower. Great hack. I am going to use this. Thank you
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
Happy to help
Do I have a home gym? No. Did I watch the whole video? Yes 😂 love seeing more KZread content! Hope to see more!
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
Haha thank you! I'm challenging myself to do more content going forward aiming for 1 video every week if I can prioritize it enough. I'm not thrilled with my video quality to this point and the only way to truly improve is to continue to crank out videos and get more comfortable with it
please post more of your workouts whenever you have time. Love your hacks!
my solution is an incline bench. I lean my chest on like doing the chest supported row. then pull the pulley. benefit is that it prevents your body from leaning backward when doing lat pulldown. I feel the most contraction of my lat.
@LazloColtrane
23 күн бұрын
That’s a great idea, thanks
Well done!
Very clever solution! I have two of these towers as well and I DIY’d a pulldown setup with a titan crossmember that just barely fits with my ceiling clearance. I had to buy special thin nuts and a thin wrench just to bolt it in place, lol. It gets the pulley about 4-5” higher than this and I sit on a 12” box so the ROM is more than enough for me at 5’11”, even with some long attachments. However, this is way, way easier and much cheaper as well. I might actually do this on the other tower just to have the option.
brilliant hack
It does look good, and makes us wonder why BoS didn't put a pulley there. However, it feels like the direction of the force on the bolt could make it break over time. It's not the biggest bolt and it was probably not meant to support that much shear force. Thanks for sharing!
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
I suppose we'll see! The upright is thick enough that I definitely feel like the weight is distributed well and won't negatively affect the bolt. But luckily there would be ways to reinforce it if needed down the road.
great job & well executed idea
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
Appreciate it!
Love the channel!!
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
To get lower, you can also sit on a step stoll - they can be small, foldable and pretty cheap too - mine is adjustable from about 6 or 7 inches high to about 9 or 10 inches high - so it is lower than your typical workout bench.
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
For sure. I was previously using a setup that was probably about 6 inches off the ground, but my issue was that my legs were so damn uncomfortable. I could get in and out and hold my legs down, but I feel a huge difference between my legs needing to be extended and having them sit at 90 degrees. Much more stability with my legs at 90 degrees IMO which is why I wanted to be able to sit up on a bench
thanks you saved me a lot of money. A company makes a lat pulldown attachment that cost a lot more than 50 for this tower.
Great video! Can you make one with all the excecises you can do with the lever arms and cable tower combined? Maybe another video with the cable tower and the seal row attachment?
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
You got it. I've got a list of videos I want to make and the hope is to start making one per week, so I'll try to touch on everything
Revers that jazz and mount the pulley to the floor and boom you got belt squats. I mean maybe it would work right?
What's the height of your makeshift pulley from the floor? I would love to try this. Thanks!
Do you prefer to have your lat pulldown straight above your head instead of in front? Did you consider attaching a bracket to your cieling joist to move the pulley several inches forward, so it would be over your head?
Are you going to do more videos where you try different protein snacks?
@MattRosenman
3 ай бұрын
Less often, but sometimes. Snack review videos are fun, but I've found that a lot of times my reviews change over time with formula changes and new flavors. So I pivoted and I have a website dedicated to my snack reviews where I can keep them updated at all times: proteinsnackfinder.com/