Fix Stiff & Tight Lats! (THIS WORKS)

Understanding the lats & how to improve flexibility collaboration with @PhilHeathTV.

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[EternalRival]

Thank you for confirming this. I have been doing lat pull downs focusing on the eccentric and noticed an increase in flexibility.

[Jordanslifts]

Another movement i like to use for this purpose is the straight arm pulldown, or lat prayers as Dr. Mike Isratel likes to call em.

[okipo]

I figured this trick before seeing it here, I found about it when I started doing pullups, after a few times I completely got rid of my "middle" back pain

[murman]

using gravity to find my sticking points in my really helped thanks for the upload!

[michaelbrown]

I love your channel mate. I was powerlifting for a lot of years mixed grip with no knowledge apart from let's lift heavy. well it's all caught up with me with some serious imbalances. I stopped training for a few years and that's when it really got bad. it's crap that I am full of injuries, but it's made me educate myself on the body

[johnsmoak]

Thank you for such varied and in depth displays of strength and stature

[ryanpenn]

I used to think that the pain I was experiencing was shoulder labrum related but after 2 years have realised that it is because my upper lats/rear delts are completely fucked so this has helped me so much and made me realise I can go back to my martial arts training which is something I never thought I could do again.

[Movetoadventure]

Try a wide grip pull-up with eccentric lowering as well. Maybe somewhat better suited for some.

[ebenezersureshworkaccount]

slow decline focused pull-ups, got it. focus on slowing down on the eccentric (the down portion of it)

[justcommenting]

Omg this is exactly what I have been doing and now I need to work on my over head flexibility

[thatlumberjack]

Wide-grip dead hangs are also a great way to stretch the lats. Try it and you’ll get a deep stretch as well as a great forearm workout.

[maaniekgupta]

Thanks man. My lats were very stiff. I did that and I feel so much better. My dizziness and heavy head just faded. Thanks a ton!

[PookieNarc]

Thank-you so much. Can you do a video on shoulder impingement vs ac joint?

[salmankhandeshmukh]

Please make a video in Chondromalacia Patellar Pain

[ej]

Do you have a video on what it feels like to have lat mobility issues? I have an issue with what seems to be my left lat. I notice it when doing dumbbell pullovers it feels tight, not able to engage as much as the right and I get pain not in the shoulder but just after it in the arm. Do you have a link to a video for this issue?

[nithinkr]

What can be done if I can't extend my lats beyond a point due to pain?

[billwilliams]

Just curious how important the supinated grip is to this exercise? Feels a bit uncomfortable for my shoulders in the bottom position. Thanks

[itsWantedd]

what if you have wrist pain in one wrist when fully locked out

[sman]

If you jump up and then lower down so not to strengthen the lats

[KittySlayed]

have a problem. only one of my lats spreads when i lat spread(when i do double biceps they both spread) but in lat spreads the left one is stuck or something. any help appreciated🤝🙏🏾