I need wider lats!

[ProWrestler]

I have pretty good back thickness but I am not at all wide enough, so what do most of yall do for good back width???

[akaMarko]

I have pretty good back thickness but I am not at all wide enough, so what do most of yall do for good back width???

Weighted chinups (palms facing you)
Weighted pullups (palms facing away from you)
Bent over rows
T Bar rows

Put at least two of these into your back routine and you'll be all set.

[ProWrestler]

Weighted chinups (palms facing you)
Weighted pullups (palms facing away from you)
Bent over rows
T Bar rows

Put at least two of these into your back routine and you'll be all set.

I am getting ready to do Max-OT and the back day they have laid out for the program looks like this:

Deadlifts
Dumbell Shrugs
Bent-Over Barbell Rows
V-Bar Pulldowns
Weighted Pull-Ups
Seated Cable Rows

[SirSmokesAlot]

my buddy who has a ridiculous lat spread does heavy ass weighted pull/chin ups. When im actually able to do sets of my bodyweight im hoping to start getting the 'wings'.

[brakloes]

Also I have always been told stretching bewteen every set....grab a pole or rack, drop back and twist other shoulder down and under holding arm....does that make sense?

[$AJ]

pullups/chins/rack pulls and similar motions (although those are the best)

Also I have always been told stretching bewteen every set....grab a pole or rack, drop back and twist other shoulder down and under holding arm....does that make sense?

yea, <extreme> stretching may be beneficial for recovery and to encourage growth, but it is kinda debatable; all the research on it was taken from animals in extreme situations (e.g., birds having wings stretched for like 3weeks straight, 24/7).....so in humans and sparsely applied (i.e., not 24/7), i dunno.

[abi_yo_shiva]

I have pretty good back thickness but I am not at all wide enough, so what do most of yall do for good back width???

my favourites are seated cable row and lat pull-down, then pull-ups. do those and you'll get some nice wings. dont fly too high though

[DiamondDelts]

I have pretty good back thickness but I am not at all wide enough, so what do most of yall do for good back width???

Lat thickness- Close grip hammer chins, close grip bentover rows

Lat width- behind the neck pullups, wide grip chinups

[Stormbringer]

sorry, this has probably been asked before, but how wide do you go on w/g chins, DD? I find it unnatural to do them w/ very wide grip...

[Revolver45]

I wouldn't worry too much about chins, focus more on pullups, chins work your biceps and shoulders a lot more than pullups do. Try weighted wide grip pullups, as wide as you can go preferably and you should start to sprout some wings.

[mischiev]

exercises for lat width (in my opinion): [in decreasing importance]
1) weighted WIDE GRIP pullups
2) Wide grip lat pulldowns

the other exercises generally build up both thickness and width together.. if you're going for pure width increment.. these 2 would be the ones you want to look at. if you want width, go WIDE

[ParisinFlames]

They haven't been mentioned yet, so I am going to say Hammer Chins, worked better for me than anything else.

[snoopy1505]

so you wanna get wide lats..try adding some weight when doing pullups and chinups..great way to hit the lats hard

[cute_monster]

straight arm pull downs are great for upper lats,i always do 3-4 sets of 'em till failure,i actually started doing 'em just 3 months back and now i can see my upper lats even while i'm in a relaxed position.

[Defiant1]

I have pretty good back thickness but I am not at all wide enough, so what do most of yall do for good back width???

You develop the upper lat muscles with Wide grip chins and pullovers. Also, the guy who said straight arm lat pulldowns is correct.

You need to stretch your shoulder blades out though. You could have NO lat muscles per se and still have an wide "lat" spread with flexible scapula

Try hanging from a chin bar with a super wide grip with 100 pounds strapped to your waist. Do this for as long as you can. Do it every training day, as it is a stretching exercise. Use straps.

Remember, Lat stretching is not the same as shoulder blade stretching. The lats are stretched more through NARROW grip exercises, the Scapula through WIDE grip exercises. You want SCAPULA.

Do it for a month then pm me with tears in your eyes thanking me.