How to actually HIT your LATS on LAT PULLDOWN

[mwanze]

My coach used to say show the gym your armpits and it always made sense to me 😂

[Maxrizzz]

i love how the videos end with a perfect explanation

[ISuPeRTNTI]

It's not about the width of the grip. I often do close grip supinated pull down and feel my lats as the main mover. The key is to use your hands as hooks, loosen the grip a bit and feel ur lats, pulling your elbows.

[Joseph]

Just speaking from personal experience since I believe certain exercises work better for some than others. I like doing pulldowns with slightly outside shoulder width grip and just focus on that teres muscle, and target lats with cable pull overs and single arm cable rows because very wide pulldowns just never really felt good. At the end of the day, just do what works for you :D

[SmoothHandle]

You go that wide, I promise you that you’ll be feeling more upper back/traps. Keeping elbows close to torso will bias lats far more effectively.

[markwilliam]

Bro giving best advice around then stops mid video 😢

[FiFiFilth]

I have bigger lats than hebdoes, and while I might just be genetically predisposed, I tend to focus more on the stretch. Doing full ROM is a must. For really good mind muscle connection, do single armed lat pulldowns and do a slight side crunch at the peak of the contraction.

[Kafarius]

Actually it is proven that wide of the grip doesnt change ur lat engagement and it is more like personal choice (i mean normal wide grip is the best, but the difference is so small that u should choose ur own wide). I also found out that lots of pros doing it with elbows out side says it hits more mid back other than lats. Same with lower lats i heard that the best way to hit it is with pulldowns but with reverse grip due to better shoulder position. These are small differences but worth mentioning

[wil]

Drop your shoulder cage down, then pull down. Works like a charm.

[atharvpatil]

Firstly do pull ups which focus middle and upper back, then do lat pull down you see you are feeling the muscle and also fast grow of upper back. Really, If you Try once you never regret this message. Also i want to add 1 thing use headphones, bcz you can do 2-3 reps after failure.😅

[anakinhavadayuruyen]

ngl people who trains back like the first guy always have the bigger backs

[MrInzombia]

pulling that wide has been shown to not increase any lat activation but more so puts yourself at a mechanical disadvantage by limiting the range of motion and forcing your primary movers to be biceps and small teres muscles near the shoulder blades. Not the big lats

[Jay-cvvb]

I understand everyone is different, but I tend to feel my lats wayyyy more if I use a just wider then shoulders grip position and also use a neutral grip bar, I really focus on the eccentric part of the movement, like your putting the brakes on after the pull and stretch the lat on a real controlled and slow eccentric. I think wider grip=wider lats is a big misconception in the bodybuilding scene.

[timmy-vbnv]

u should write an explanation in a pinned comment if u dont have enough time on your shorts for a detailed explanation.

[ebenezersureshworkaccount]

Taking a wider grip was a game-changer for me

[henrykgarcia]

Just got reminded today, time to get back to work

[jacobstarr]

No, you should use just past shoulders width, and then focus on pulling with your elbows.

[Skfoxx]

Much rather prefer that transition sound.
The old one was giving me hearing loss

[railasvuo]

I only felt the lats when I imagined twisting the bar outwards

[skendeenee]

The way he leans back makes it look like more of a row for the traps and rhomboids