Best Lat Excercises

[yourmomgoestocollege]

Front or behind the neck pull downs?

Close or Wide grip.

Seated rows?

I am trying to figure out what excercise gets you to develop the nice V the most effeciently. Any thoughts?

 

[needtogetaas]

behind the neck with a wide grip works grate fore me.

 

[dullboy]

gorilla grip pull-ups.


as many as you can do.

if you can do too many, then weight your legs.

 

[swordfish151]

wide grip pull ups (or pull downs), bent over rows, wide grip T-bar.

 

[njmuscleguy]

behind the neck lat pulldowns can cause injury pretty fast, especially if form is off and weight is too high.... I usually stick to front lat pulldowns, both wide grip and close grip.... also do reverse close grip pull downs.... throw in some chins, cable rows / bent over rows

 

[yourmomgoestocollege]

Thanks guys. I have been trying all of the above listed and have had some nice development, just wondering if anyone had any other exercises in mind. I didn't think so. I do not do enough wide grip pull ups. I am going to add those tonight though.

 

[doyouyahoo]

Some smith machine manufacturers claim that using a wider or closer grip is not necessarily better, it just decreases your range of motion. There is usually a sticker on the latpulldown machine that says that; and it makes sense.

 

[tzan]

I do not do enough wide grip pull ups. I am going to add those tonight though.

This is by far the best exercise for acheiving the V-shape. Simplify your back routine. A lot of those exercises listed above are the same movement. Here is what I have done for years and my back is one of my best muscles:

Deads
Weighted Wide Pullups
Weighted Narrow Pullups
BB Rows

Throw in some hypers at the end and you got yourself a simple, yet punishing back routine.

 

[LT3]

Bro for the vtaper try angle rows

 

[swordfish151]

This is by far the best exercise for acheiving the V-shape. Simplify your back routine. A lot of those exercises listed above are the same movement. Here is what I have done for years and my back is one of my best muscles:

Deads
Weighted Wide Pullups
Weighted Narrow Pullups
BB Rows

Throw in some hypers at the end and you got yourself a simple, yet punishing back routine.

Hypers in the same routine as Deads...OUCH!! I go heavy on deads..i couldnt imagine busting some hypers in the end...