Lat ideas...

[TheClash]

Can someone give me some ideas on new lat training?

I have no problem with shoulders and traps.. but my lats suck?

any ideas??

 

[gymtime]

What have you been doing up to now?

 

[Thaibox]

Deadlift for a while

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

I agree with ThaiBox, deadlifts have just thickened my back up big time. A side benefit is that after holding 500, 225 for bent rows doesn't "feel" so heavy anymore as well. My back exercise poundages have been steadily increasing as well. Give em a shot first in your back workout

 

[deathonthefield]

deadlifts, narrow grip pulldowns, anything to do with ur midback, its a common misconception that wide pulldowns and pullups build a wide latspread when in reality they dont. stick to the basic mid back exercises and keep the weights heavy

 

[gettinlarger]

pull ups/lat pull downs ... bend over rows ... t bar rows ... deadlifts ... all that will hit them, deads the most. hell, the deads will get your whole freaking body larger

 

[Realgains]

palm up pulldowns are the best for lats IMO....use straps

 

[Phenotype X]

I understand that deadlifts hit the mid-lower back, but how much does it affect the lower outer lats???

 

[rippedtrojan]

deadlifts, narrow grip pulldowns, anything to do with ur midback, its a common misconception that wide pulldowns and pullups build a wide latspread when in reality they dont. stick to the basic mid back exercises and keep the weights heavy

it's not misconception. it depends on the freakin person. my lats are fairly wide (and thick) for my size and compared to my other body parts. they are one of my best parts and ever since i started lifting i have mainly focused on pullups (more pulldowns when i first started lifting until i learned better).

PULLUPS ARE GREAT
(and don't forget the variations on them)

 

[Lord_Suston]

I understand that deadlifts hit the mid-lower back, but how much does it affect the lower outer lats???

It affects your whole back and body. The Deadlift is one of the most important excercise because it works so many muscle groups. The lats contract either to pull weight or to hold it. Whne doing deads the lat flex to hold a weight it would not naturally be able to pull, but this menas the muscle are in constant contraction to hold the muscle and this leads to growth because of the intense muscle stimulation over such a long range of motion and time.....