monster wings

[steveamania]

any ideas on exercises for huges lats. i want to fly away there alright sized now but i want them bigger


thanks

 

[MonStar1023]

I would suggest incorporating wide-grip front chins into your back
routine... preferably starting off with them. They helped my back gain a lot of width and development.

 

[bigrand]

Im also trying to get wings.

my current back routine is as follows:
3 sets wide grip pull downs

3 sets reverse closegrip pulldowns

3 sets behind the neck pulldowns (i feel these in a different part of the back than i do with any other excersize)

3 sets dumbell rows

2 sets stiff legged deads to finish.

(i drop 1 set in a different exercise each time for a total of 13 sets for back)

I have noticed a quick increase in lat develpoment so far (been doing it about 1 and a half months now).

 

[Belial]

My lats are arguably my strongest part, but they weren't always:


Here's my exact routine (plus weights, so you can get an idea of warm-ups and % of max that I'm doing):

Hanging leg Raises from the pull-up bar:

2 sets of 8

Weighted pull-ups:

(bw + 45) x 6
(bw + 65) x 6
(bw + 70) x 3
(bw + 90) x 3

bent-over DB rows:

100 x 6
105 x 6

bent-over BB rows:

155 x 8


Done.
I do some bicep work at the end, but you're asking about back.

 

[sysopt]

pullups/chins and rows all work the lats hard. Choose a grip that is the most comfortable for you. Don't worry about shape, width, or thickness because you can't control any of it.

 

[bigrand]

sysopt,,

Are you sure that different back excersises dont effect different areas of the back? I was reading in a Gold's Gym book that overhead pulling motions create more width while horizontal motions stress more of the middle, creating width?

 

[Glootz]

Rows, Chins, Lat Pulldowns

 

[sysopt]

Yup, I'm sure. It's just like the inner/outer/upper/lower chest. You can't work out one part of a muscle, they just don't work that way. You can't change the shape of your muscle with certain exercises. Different grips and width are good for variation. There's a lot of bullshit out there. Maybe instead of reading bodybuilding books, you should read about physiology.