Don't Feel It In My Lats

[wwe101]

My back workout is:

Bent over barbell rows - 5x5
lat pulldowns - 4x8

As part of a full body routine 3xs per week.

But I never feel a burn in my lats during or after a workout.

Is this normal? Am I worrying for no reason?

Or am I doing it wrong?

[Porschy]

My back workout is:

Bent over barbell rows - 5x5
lat pulldowns - 4x8

As part of a full body routine 3xs per week.

But I never feel a burn in my lats during or after a workout.

Is this normal? Am I worrying for no reason?

Or am I doing it wrong?

Your not really going to feel a so called "burn" just a pump under your arms.. like someone inflated them...
so when you place your arms after finishing the exercise you'll see they are sitting on top of your pumped lats..

Have you been seeing increase in size w/ this routine of yours? if not your doing it wrong.

[Saladino22]

My back workout is:

Bent over barbell rows - 5x5
lat pulldowns - 4x8

As part of a full body routine 3xs per week.

But I never feel a burn in my lats during or after a workout.
Is this normal? Am I worrying for no reason?

Or am I doing it wrong?

You might be doing your lat pulldowns wrong, try going wider on your pulldowns, also slighty lean back and make sure you do both infront and behind your head. Another great lat workout is bent over BB rows.

[Porschy]

don't forget...

use your hands as CLAWS... just use them to pulldown, the rest, focus on your lats, and touch your shoulder blades together.

to master this technique, so your not using your arm as much, start out with less weight until your able to only use the lats.. comprende?

[comps]

I can "feel" it when doing cable rows.

[tbooms]

I find when doing lat pulldowns it helps to think of pulling your elbows down to your sides and only using your hands as hooks as mentioned before. Make sure you squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top of each rep also.

[Ge0h]

Do Lat Pulldowns, I had the same problem when I first started lifting because I had NO lats, give it time and it will grow. Just keep training hard brah

[theDC]

throw in some pull ups

[LiftStrong21]

You might be doing your lat pulldowns wrong, try going wider on your pulldowns, also slighty lean back and make sure you do both infront and behind your head. Another great lat workout is bent over BB rows.

This, except don't do behind the head because it puts a lot of un-needed stress on your shoulders. Do wide lat pulldowns and make sure you are squeezing the last few inches, and you should be bringing the bar to your clavicle region. Lean back, stick your chest out, but don't swing the weight. If it's too heavy practice the form with little weight, and make sure you have squeezing your back down. Bent over rows are great for mass building , and ensures you will feel it. Try using light weight as well, but don't use momentum, just slowly pull the bar up. When your pulling the bar up it should be close to your body. You are going to bring it up to your lower abs or waist, but make sure you emphasize the squeeze. Hope that helps you bro, hit it hard.

[Teekay92]

underhand close grip pulldown with a 'hook grip' (do not wrap thumb around bar, all five fingers as a hook.) high rep, squeeze the shoulder blades back.

[aaandrew]

just lift heavy and take a multi OP
then you'll start feeling it

[chrisimundo]

try and do your movements slower and really focus on the negative, that always makes my lats burn

[MilkBender]

also, try doing higher reps (8-10 reps) for a while, then switch back to 5 reps. lower the weight too.

make it so that you don't have to rely on ANY momentum during the lift

[Clewallen11]

Do Close Grip front pulldowns and widegrip pulldowns one after another do like a 4x12

[ptwa9]

If you want a guaranteed way to get your lats sore do high rep assisted pullups for like 15 sets. Do that for a couple weeks and you'll no longer have a problem activating your lats.

[Rockstar1292]

Don't pull with your arms, but more with your elbows, if that makes sense to you. Your hands should be hooks while you pull your elbows to your sides with your lats. Don't let your forearms and biceps do all the work.