worried I am not getting a good enough lat workout

[DICK_IN_ASS_TIMOTHY]

I am doing Cornholio's old school routine (below). My lats never seem to feel it at all. Of course I am doing really light weight so far.

Monday

Deadlifts 1 max set of 20.
Overhead Press - 5 sets of 5
Squats - 5 sets of 3
Seated Calf Raise - 2 sets of 20

Wednesday

Barbell Rows - 5 sets of 5
Bench Press - 5 sets of 5
Deadlifts - 1 set of 20
Standing Calf Raise - 2 sets of 20

Friday

Shrugs - 5 sets of 5
Barbell Curls - 5 sets of 5
Dips - 5 sets of 5
Squats - 5 sets of 5 with weight from Monday

 

[p03t1c]

if u dont feel like you're hitting the back enough then by all means DO MORE BACKWORK. hit the pulldowns or some face pulls or whatever you like to do. i do backwork 3-5 times a week depending on how i feel.

 

[Honey Roasted]

Weighted chinups. My lats have been exploding!!!

 

[p03t1c]

i know alot of people do the chinnups. but i have found that they put quite a bit of stress on my shoulders as i continue to get heavier and with the amount of benching that i do that's not too good. i usually dont do chinnups and tend to go for the rowing motion type exercises that will mimic my benchpress.

this is NOT to say that they will not work for you but just make sure you work the rotators as you dont want them to give out on you. rows and pulldowns just seem to work better for me than anything else.

 

[Vortexx]

I have relatively long arms compared to my upper body and doing overhand grip bent row to sternum just don't give me the right "groove" to benefit from them (biceps come too much into play to get the bar to the sternum and also the arms flare out and it's medial rather than lower traps that does the job, causing the standard bent row to become half-baked exercise for me)

For my biomechanics I found that shoulderwitdh reverse grip bent rows to abs render much better results (especially the lats)


Other exercise that would fit in the OLDSKOOL regime:

- one-arm dumbell row
- hammer row machine

For most people lats seem to respond better to higher reps (10-12)

It's a shame your rotators don't like the chins , do at least some pulldowns:

- 1 * triple drop set medium grip pulldowns to front
- 1 * triple drop set close reverse grip pulldown

 

[MidwestJ]

dude where are the pullups/chinups?!!? Weighted pullups are in order as are heavy bent over barbell rows and they'll grow mightily

 

[gettinlarger]

i do backwork 3-5 times a week depending on how i feel.

no offense, but that is incredibly stupid.

 

[HulkRow]

3 or 5 times a week?!? what are you on?

 

[jeremys]

its not incredibly stupid, its more like incredibly smart. from what i understand, po3tic trains westside and it's not like 7 sets of lats every workout..at least not to my understanding..strong lats are a key to a big bench

 

[Thaibox]

Need to focus more on deadlifts sometimes bro. 1 set isn't going to cut it.