Neither a close grip nor a wide grip is a proven universal winner for lat growth. Choose a handle and width that let you perform controlled, comfortable repetitions, then track progress with that ...

A new study is challenging one of the weight room’s most persistent beliefs: that small changes in your lat pulldown grip can make a big difference in how well the exercise targets your lats. The ...

View post: Matt Hanson Started Triathlons Just to Check off a Bucket List Item. 15 Years Later, He Holds One of the Fastest Ironman Marathon Records in History It’s the cable machine equivalent of a ...

I first stumbled on the single-arm lat pulldown back in college, when building a bigger back was borderline obsession. I was chasing size, symmetry, and that wide V-taper look, but standard rows and ...

This machine exercise targets the lat (latissimus dorci) muscles at the sides of the middle to upper back. It also works the arms and shoulders. Step 1: As you stand in front of the weight stack, ...

One of the best workouts you can do for your back, abs, shoulders and arms is the lat pulldown. It's part of Arnold Schwarzenegger's back workout and The Rock's back workout. And for good reason. "It ...