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 ...

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 ...

The one machine that even the most basic gym will have is the lat pulldown machine. A long bar with angular ends for grips, it has become almost a must-have machine for a gym to be acceptable. The ...