What is the best wide lat building exercise?
The title pretty much said it all. But what has worked for you?
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07-17-2009, 11:45 PM #1Registered User
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What is the best wide lat building exercise?
Get your ass in the gym period!
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07-18-2009, 02:35 AM #2Registered User
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Chin ups/pull ups
Eat. Train. Sleep. Repeat.
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07-18-2009, 06:02 AM #3Registered User
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Lots of pull-ups for width. This is pretty common knowledge.
Make sure to balance your back training to get the thickness too (lots of different kinds of rows)
Just google it...
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07-18-2009, 06:03 AM #4Registered User
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wide arm pull up / lat pulldowns
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07-18-2009, 07:17 AM #5In the Iron Game
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Weighted pullups and a type of pulldown have added a lot of width to my lats.
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07-18-2009, 07:27 AM #6Registered User
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All types of rows and pullups/pulldowns will build the lats wider and better if done right.
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07-18-2009, 07:29 AM #7Registered User
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pullups
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07-18-2009, 08:10 AM #8I rep what you max!
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your not rowing that back ain't growing
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07-18-2009, 08:14 AM #9'Defiant to Injuries'
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^^niceOriginally Posted by XXX666
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07-18-2009, 08:26 AM #10Cod Squad!
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wide grip pull ups along with plenty of varied rows...change it up to keep your back guessing!
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07-18-2009, 08:34 AM #11Squats traps to grass
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For most people probably wide grip chins.
...in before "wide grip for back width is a myth"CSCS, ACSM cPT.
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07-18-2009, 08:40 AM #12
If the OP is talking strictly lat width....
Nothing beats a combo of Weighted "Wide" grip pullups and strict "Wide" lat pull downs.
Rows are used more in terms of back thickness.
Of course vertical pulls and rows over lap somewhat for both width and thickness but that's the basics in a nut shell.
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07-18-2009, 08:40 AM #13Banned
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they havent gotten me much width...i may try going slower while doing them...Originally Posted by Defiant1
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07-18-2009, 08:41 AM #14
1. Lat pulldowns
2. Pendlay rows
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07-18-2009, 08:52 AM #15Dirt Merchant
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Rows from the floor, chin/pull ups, and deadlifts.
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07-18-2009, 09:04 AM #16Squats traps to grass
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The definitely don't work for everyone (like many exercises) but I would consider them the starting point.Originally Posted by DanTheManB
Lat width is largely a product of shoulder blade flexibility. One can have big lats and a poor lat spread, or poor lats and a good spread.
Ever tried pullovers? These work well for some people for lat width.CSCS, ACSM cPT.
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09-18-2013, 09:39 PM #17Registered User
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Pull ups, pulldowns, reverse-grip barbell rows and also dumbbell pullovers.
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09-19-2013, 02:27 AM #18Registered User
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I wonder if his lats have grown since 2009?
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