This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...

In his weekly newsletter, six-time Mr. Olympia Chris Bumstead shared a back workout designed to build size, width, and ...

BUILDING A BALANCED physique is all about the back. The exercises you'll include in your routine to target these posterior muscles (which include your rear delts, rhomboids, traps, and lats) are ...

Need a little help getting up to the bar? Here are the building blocks of one of the toughest moves in the gym.

We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good ...

TO FORGE A balanced physique, training your back muscles will be absolutely essential. One of the most consequential of your back muscles will be your lats—and there are plenty of lat-focused ...

Whether you love the precision of the reformer or the flow of mat pilates, traditional strength training still deserves a ...

The upper back is an important enough area to train that many gym rats devote two whole days to it each week—this is what “pull day” really means. With strong lats and other upper back muscles, you ...

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