Latts

[Inhibitor13]

What are a few exercises that really kill the latts? Upper and lower

 

[BiggT]

Deadlifts, barbell rows, deadlifts, chins, deadlifts

 

[blueta2]

Deadlifts, barbell rows, deadlifts, chins, deadlifts

DL kill my lats. I can't even touch near my neck the next day!

 

[Inhibitor13]

What kind of deadlifts? striff legged or bent knee?

 

[blueta2]

When I do traditional (stiff leg)

 

[BiggT]

I would do the regular, conventional deadlift.....SLDls when done heavy enough activate the lats, but for general purposes and most bang for your buck, train conventional deads.

 

[carlsuen]

i could be doing it wrong.. but i don't feel a thing in my lats after DLs.. or maybe it cannot be felt?

 

[Protobuilder]

It can be felt alright. I didn't use to feel them there either until I started getting into heavier (for me) weights. When I'm deadlifting, I'm pulling back w/ my lats hard, trying to keep the bar in tight to my legs. I don't just let my arms hang lifeless. I'm trying to pull my upper arms in tight to my torso, and the lats contract strongly to keep the bar from going out in front as it comes up.

 

[Inhibitor13]

I cant feel shit in my latts either....anyone have a video?

 

[carlsuen]

u got a point.. i do that too.. but somehow i jsut don't feel it.. maybe i'm not pulling heavy enough..

 

[Protobuilder]

A video won't help. IMHO, you'll get more recruitment as you gain more experience w/ the lift. LIke I said, I used to question why people thought DL was so great b/c I didn't feel it work very much but as I've gotten more used to it and moved up in weight, believe me, I feel muscles firing strongly that didn't fire before. Better than a video, think about the anatomical function of the lats. They pull the humerus (upper arm) back from an outstretched position. Hence the lats working in the pullup or bent row position. Now, when you deadlift, you stand straight up with the weight, but to prevent your hips from shooting up and then straight legging it the rest of the way, you have to keep your shoulder blades tight, pulling the bar back toward you as you come up. If you just hunch the shoulders forwad and more or less relax them, then you probably won't get much lat contraction. But if you're trying to keep upright, you really have to try and keep the bar in as tight to your body as possible, IMHO. Part of keeping upright and not just straightlegging it is keeping your arms drawn back into your torso, so the bar stays close to the thighs and doesn't just dangle out in front of you. IOW, if you let your torso bend forward at the waist, you wind up w/ your legs and torso at a 90 degree angle to each other, and as a result, your arms just dangle out in front, kind of like they're in teh bent row position. In contrast, if the hips and shoulders rise at about the same time, your torso stays upright and your lats fire like hell, trying to keep the bar from swinging out in front and pulling you into that bent over position.

HOpe that jumble of words helps. LoL

 

[silver_shadow]

try doing some heavy rows right after heavy deads, and tell me it isn't a much bigger struggle than usual.

 

[carlsuen]

lol.. that's y bill starr split them up.. i think i'd die if i did that.. ahaha!

 

[fortunatesun]

I think that DL activates the neuromuscular system to a greater extent than other exercises which is also why you don't feel it as much. Your body reacts much the same way as if it were about to be struck - you've been punched just as hard but you've prepared for it and deadened the pain of inpact.

 

[Tweakle]

my favorite back exercises are actually the hammer strength pulldown & their iso row.. both have my lats cramping after a couple of reps.

but chins and rows are probably better

 

[gettnlarge01]

deadlifts,dumbbell rows,wide grip pull-ups,barbell rows

 

[Inhibitor13]

Thanx bros...