This exercise has a powerful ability to strengthen more than a dozen of muscles, including the latissimus
dorsi muscles of the back, posterior deltoids, triceps, biceps and lower and middle traps.
The videos listed below demonstrate proper form and technique for exercises that primarily strengthen the lats (i.e. the latissimus
dorsi muscle of the back).
This exercise is all about upper body strength, with the main area being worked out latissimus
dorsi muscle of the back.
The exercise mostly targets the latissimus
dorsi muscle of the back along with other assisting muscles like the biceps.
Not exact matches
Your
back is made up
of four main
muscles — rhomboids, traps, lattissimus
dorsi and erector spinae.
The latissimus
dorsi is a major upper
back muscle that connects the vertebrae in the thorax and lumbar regions and the iliac crest
of the hip bone to the humerus bone
of the upper arm.
Lat Pull - Downs — The latissimus
dorsi muscles (lats)
muscle run along the sides
of the
back, strengthening the lats will help you to improve your posture significantly.
Which brings us to the lat pull - down, a highly effective exercise that primarily targets the latissiums
dorsi, the large fan - shaped
muscle that makes up a big portion
of your
back, the lower and middle trapezius, the rhomboids and the serratus, while also engaging the elbow flexors, biceps and brachialis as supporting
muscles; and is therefore an invaluable tool when it comes to building your
back to bigger and better proportions.
Lats — Abbreviation for latissimus
dorsi, the large
muscles of the
back that move the arms downward, backward and in internal rotation.
When I say
back, I specifically mean the «lats» or latissimus
dorsi — which are those large «wings»
of muscle on each side
of your torso.
Muscles used:
Back (latissimus
dorsi), rhomboids and upper trapezius), shoulders (posterior deltoid) and front
of arms (biceps)
(Lats is short for the latissimus
dorsi muscles which are the «
back parts»
of your armpits.)
It works all
of the
back muscles effectively, the latissimus
dorsi in particular.
You've got the latissimus
dorsi, which is Latin for «the broadest
muscle of the
back», and this is the biggest
back muscle obviously.
The lats, aka the latissimus
dorsi, are the large
muscles of the
back.
The Latissimus
Dorsi muscles are located on the sides
of the
back, Erector Spinae helps mainly with the lower
back but also works down to the buttocks and neck.
This is an excellent (although very demanding) exercise that targets the overall
back muscles (latissimus
dorsi in particular), as well as the biceps, a part
of the triceps, and the forearms.
Covering the majority
of the
back, the latissimus
dorsi is part
of the superficial posterior axioappendicular (extrinsic shoulder)
muscle group.
In performing a pull up, the prime mover is the broadest
muscle of your
back called the Latissimus
Dorsi.
The pullover exericse strengthens the Latissimus
Dorsi muscles which are found on either side
of the mid to lower
back and attach to the upper arm.
A strict pull - up allows the large
muscles of your upper
back — the latissimus
dorsi — to do the majority
of the work, increasing their strength.
The major
back muscles of the scapula and shoulder are the latissimus
dorsi (aka the lats), teres major, trapezius, and the rhomboids.
The latissimus
dorsi is the largest and widest
of the
back muscles.