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RyanH
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Having trouble getting my lats to grow. What are considered the best exercises for growth?
Steelheart
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Heavy DB Pullovers or Nautilus Pullovers
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I totally agree, but you left out one. If you want your lats to grow the best exercise is the "fork curl". Eat like it's goin out of style man.
Seriously, chins and rows are where it's at.
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da big thinker
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i agree w/ the rest of the fellas here...
chins
wide grip chins
close grip chins
rev grip chins
bb rows(make sure you sqeeze on top of movement and let your arms drag all the way down)
stretch those lats after every set...in addition,concentrate on diet...by decreasing the size of your waist,you will appear wider in terms of lats.good luck v-tapering.brutal workouts ahead
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if you don't like it,get the fuck out!
chins
wide grip chins
close grip chins
rev grip chins
bb rows(make sure you sqeeze on top of movement and let your arms drag all the way down)
stretch those lats after every set...in addition,concentrate on diet...by decreasing the size of your waist,you will appear wider in terms of lats.good luck v-tapering.brutal workouts ahead
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if you don't like it,get the fuck out!
bump for chinups and barbell rows.
pre-fatigue with nautilus pullovers as steelheart suggested is a great idea. use cable machines if you can't find a pullover machine (dumbells tend to work the chest a little more than the back in the contracted state.)
lately I've been getting really sore from cable rows, they are a very basic and necessary movement IMO.
pre-fatigue with nautilus pullovers as steelheart suggested is a great idea. use cable machines if you can't find a pullover machine (dumbells tend to work the chest a little more than the back in the contracted state.)
lately I've been getting really sore from cable rows, they are a very basic and necessary movement IMO.
USAF OKIEONE
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wide grip chins
close grip chins
barbell rows are a must for good lats
close grip chins
barbell rows are a must for good lats
GenetiKing
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T-Bars are great for lats, but do them underhanded, not over. However, chins will do more for your lats than anything.
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GenetiKing
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BTW, on chins: Keep your elbows back, use straps (if you need them), and imagine "pushing your elbows down" instead of "pulling yourself up." This will minimize bicep and forearm recruitment and maximize the strain placed on the lats as a shoulder girdle mover. Good luck and hit them hard.
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Backstage, '75 Olympia:
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Backstage, '75 Olympia:
Serge Nubret, "I look like I can take you."
Arnold, "Keep looking."
bigschweeler
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I like:
close-grip pull downs
pull-ups (a real strenth test)
BB rows
close-grip pull downs
pull-ups (a real strenth test)
BB rows
genetiking, you have an awesome signature/quote!!
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The greatest feeling is the pump
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The greatest feeling is the pump
No one suggested deadlifts? No one? OK...I will. Heavy straight bar deadlifts. Of course...this will depend on if you want to have lats or if you want to have big and thick lats.
Time to wrap your hands around a cold piece of steel and give it all you got man.
B True
Time to wrap your hands around a cold piece of steel and give it all you got man.
B True
GenetiKing
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Hhaha!! Thanks, MP!
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Sniperwolf
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The two best exercise for lat width for me has been:
1) Lat pulldowns to the back of the neck
2) Seated narrow grip cable rows
These two exercises have been the mainstay of my back training ever since I started training. I've tried T-bar rows, barbell rows lat pulldowns to the chest but they just don't work like the two exercises written above. Every book I have read says that barbell rows and deadlifts are the two best exercises for building a great back. However those two exercises just didn't suit me. I think you have experiment to find the best exercises that work best for you. Just because someone or a book says this is the best routine to build a good back it doesn't mean its going to work for you too.
1) Lat pulldowns to the back of the neck
2) Seated narrow grip cable rows
These two exercises have been the mainstay of my back training ever since I started training. I've tried T-bar rows, barbell rows lat pulldowns to the chest but they just don't work like the two exercises written above. Every book I have read says that barbell rows and deadlifts are the two best exercises for building a great back. However those two exercises just didn't suit me. I think you have experiment to find the best exercises that work best for you. Just because someone or a book says this is the best routine to build a good back it doesn't mean its going to work for you too.
strengthmonster
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As Big Andy and many others said:
Wide grip chins, bent over rows should be your backbone to a mass workout, amongst others.
Wide grip chins, bent over rows should be your backbone to a mass workout, amongst others.
GenetiKing
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Amen
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calvesodeath
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Lat pulldowns (wide grip), seated cable rows and DEADLIFTS.
I would throw a couple of more sets in but thats me. I feel the back is a huge muscle group and needs a bit more work that 9 sets. Try 4,3,3,2,2 in the same order you have. Also try doing pullovers first. That pre fatigues the back and the rest of the workout you will have the sickest pump.
Cackerot69
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not many people mentioned deads becuase they aren't that great for lat developement.
Chins (undergrip)
Rows
Pull Overs
Chins (undergrip)
Rows
Pull Overs
DrSuperSaint
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Chins, rows, pulldowns, and don't forget to S-T-R-E-T-C-H those lats 
