What is the Best Lat Building Exercise?

[curling]

I think it is the weighted wide grip palms out pullup. I can just feel my lats spreading out like wings. I know some people are going to say dead lifts but I don't really think they do that much for lat development. I mean even ole Arnie said the weighted pullup is the best back exercise. Probably bent over db rows are second.

What do ya'll think

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

I think if I did ONE exercise for lats only I would do bent rows.

 

[curling]

I think if I did ONE exercise for lats only I would do bent rows.

Have you tried weighted pullups?

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

chins have always bothered my shoulders and the heavier I get the less I do them.

 

[curling]

Oh ok. I understand pain sux. I have the same problem with barbell bench(don't do em at all)

 

[The Shadow]

Barbell rowes and partial deadlifts

 

[beastboy]

Oh ok. I understand pain sux. I have the same problem with barbell bench(don't do em at all)

I think I am going to have to quit those too. I am currently taking a week off becasue I hurt my left shoulder doing them. Now any pressing movements cause pain, so I figured I better let it heal completely before doing anymore damage.

 

[curling]

I think I am going to have to quit those too. I am currently taking a week off becasue I hurt my left shoulder doing them. Now any pressing movements cause pain, so I figured I better let it heal completely before doing anymore damage.

I have switched totally to db bench presses and have not had the pain at all. I do incline barbell which doesn't seem to hurt but the bench barbell hurts like a sob.

 

[latinus_spicticus]

Barbell rows with an overhand grip hit the mid-back and upper back complex much better than the lats. I feel them in my lats a little bit, but I only get sore in my mid/upper back from them. If I use an underhand grip and bring the bar to my belt line instead of mid-abs, I feel them more in my lats. But I prefer the overhand grip. I think palms facing chins are by far a better lat builder than any exercise. The main cause of pain from doing chins are 1) hyperextending the shoulder complex at the bottom of the movement, and 2) doing wide-grip palms facing away from you chins. In my opinion, wide-grip palms away chins are worthless. They do nothing that palms-facing medium grip chins can do EXCEPT for destroy your rotator cuff. Palms facing chins and BB rows with an overhand grip are my only two back exercises along with deadlifts. Rows for upper back, chins for lats, and deadlifts for total development.

 

[JOKER47]

I have switched totally to db bench presses and have not had the pain at all. I do incline barbell which doesn't seem to hurt but the bench barbell hurts like a sob.

Interesting. I am the complete opposite. Incline BB absolutely kills my shoulders. But I can do flat BB with no problem. I alternate flat BB and DB for a change every so often.


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Joker