Go wide on the bar and spread those lats.
Pull to your chest, not behind your neck, and lead with your elbows to load the lats.
The wide overhand grip sets your elbows on a path out and down, which is exactly the line that builds lat width. Pulling the bar to your upper chest with a tall torso works the back through a long overhead stretch while limiting how much the biceps can help, leaving the lats to carry the load. It is the pulldown variation to prioritise when the goal is a wider back, or when pull-ups are not yet in reach.
No, pull to your upper chest. Behind-the-neck pulldowns force the shoulders into an awkward position for no extra back stimulus, and the front version lets you use a fuller, stronger range.
Hands a few inches outside your shoulders on each side, wide enough that your elbows travel out and down rather than straight back. Grabbing the very ends of the bar just cuts your range of motion.
A small lean with a proud chest is part of a good rep. Rocking your whole torso to heave the stack down means the weight is too heavy and momentum is doing the lat work.
