Best Lat Excercises

[newshipping]

arn't we all forgetting the good ol pullover machine ? my personal fav but none here in pattaya.

 

[powderguy]

The best excersises for thickness are rowing type excersises.

Seated rows, T-bar rows (great), dumbell rows.

The best excersises for width are lateral excersises.

Pull downs (front or back) (great), PUll ups (also great).



Hint: Whenever you do pull downs in front, DO NOT use so much weight that you need to lean back till you are in a laying position. This just turns them into rows.


PG

 

[jdevlin1985]

Deadlifts, no question!

 

[guards]

Moved

 

[Topside]

its all about range of motion, and don't forget about genetics.

 

[njmuscleguy]

The best excersises for thickness are rowing type excersises.

Seated rows, T-bar rows (great), dumbell rows.

The best excersises for width are lateral excersises.

Pull downs (front or back) (great), PUll ups (also great).



Hint: Whenever you do pull downs in front, DO NOT use so much weight that you need to lean back till you are in a laying position. This just turns them into rows.


PG

yah, I never understood why guys do that.... I learned that when doing a pull down, you keep your back only at a slight angle from the chair, sticking your chest out and pulling the bar down to the chest... I see these guys put on the entire stack of weights....pull down the bar and as they are pulling down their back approaches parallel to the chair.... I don't see how that gives any benefit

 

[Guinness5.0]

seated cable rows are the "squat" for your back.

How on earth could you compare seated cable rows to squats? They're not even in the same ballpark in terms of CNS stimulation, there is no balancing involved whatsoever, etc etc.

To the original poster, check out this link for a fantastic lat builder:

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4697367&postcount=301

 

[musketeer]

How on earth could you compare seated cable rows to squats? They're not even in the same ballpark in terms of CNS stimulation, there is no balancing involved whatsoever, etc etc.

Some dumbass pro BBer probably got quoted as saying this in FLEX or something.

 

[AAP]

How on earth could you compare seated cable rows to squats? They're not even in the same ballpark in terms of CNS stimulation, there is no balancing involved whatsoever, etc etc.

To the original poster, check out this link for a fantastic lat builder:

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4697367&postcount=301

CNS stimulation, balancing, etc.. etc.. has no bearing to my comparision. Hell, CNS stimulation and balancing has no coorelation to the actual POINT OF DOING THE EXERCISE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Squats = work the target muscle from top to bottom, including the entire secondary and stabilizing muscles.

Seated cable rows = ditto. Works the entire target muscle top to bottom. Lats, rhomboids, traps, teres min/maj, rear delts, heck you can even include forearms and abs in there.

 

[AAP]

Some dumbass pro BBer probably got quoted as saying this in FLEX or something.

And your contribution to this thread is.... ?