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Need wide lats

rockstartim Posts: 1 Joined: 2002/10/03	2002/10/03, 06:40 PM I have shoulder problems and can't do wide grip chin ups. I have done the front and rear pull downs to no avail. One arm rows works but not growing much. What else can I do to widen the lats?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/03, 07:03 PM Try bent rows, and deadlifts they will help. -------------- Life comes by only once....Live it to the fullest!
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2002/10/03, 09:40 PM To become wide, you have to go wide! Bent over rows with a wide grip on the bar work great. Be careful with your technique, though. If you 'hunch' over too much you could hurt yourself. Try keeping your back straight by keeping your head up. By the way, welcome to FreeTrainer! Don't forget to fill out your personal profile. It helps us answer your questions more efficiently. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
dang Posts: 76 Joined: 2002/09/06	2002/10/04, 09:18 AM I've got the same problem. My lats just don't flare out like I'd like them too. A lot of it has to do with me not having wide shoulders like these other fellows. Build (skeleton wise) has a lot to do with it. I have found that super wide grip chins are helping me out. Try front pull downs with an extra wide grip. Bent rows and deadlifts will probably help the lower part of your lats to flare out too. Stretching between sets and flaring out your lats will help a tremendous amount too. Don't worry about what other people think when you're constantly doing a lat spread between sets. Posing between sets is a very powerfull tool.
EGChic207 Posts: 288 Joined: 2002/03/25	2002/10/04, 11:52 PM shoulders are my speciality lol...thats like the only thing i have ripped shoulders...o well:( lol but anyway I do a couple of exercises for my shoulders heres one lay prone on a bench and have 2 dumbells below the bench u gripping it. now while girpping it let your arms raise until you cant go any further...feel the burn lol, and then come back down an repeat this helps with my delts alot -------------- Tiffany Der #10 "You have to make it through the rain in order to see the Rainbow........."