TO FORGE A balanced physique, training your back muscles will be absolutely essential. One of the most consequential of your back muscles will be your lats—and there are plenty of lat-focused ...

When doing a lat pulldown, try to maintain control and not lean back too far while pulling down. It’s best to keep your back straight and lower the weight if you cannot maintain proper form. Apart ...

This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...

As Arnold Schwarzenegger famously said, “The last three or four reps are what make the muscle grow.” And the dumbbell ...

The latissimus dorsi (lat) is a triangle-shaped muscle on each side of our backs that runs from just below the shoulder blade down the spine to the pelvis and connects to the upper arm. Your lats are ...

Strength coach and Athlean-X founder Jeff Cavaliere C.S.C.S. helps people train smarter by sharing how the most effective, "essential" exercises they should be performing in order to build strength ...

Gym equipment was never designed for just one type of exercise, even if, over time, certain machines started getting associated with individual exercises. For example, the Smith machine with squats, ...