Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

The lats are a large, triangular-shaped muscle that runs across your lower-mid back and helps stabilize your back while you ...

so doing exercises that build the lats further encourages the activation of the posterior muscles on the shoulder blades,” says Joshi. Stand to the side of a bench, chair or box and hold a ...

Discover 7 effective exercises perfect for people over 40 to maintain strength, mobility, and fitness. Simple, joint-friendly ...

The dumbbell shoulder press, also known as a dumbbell ... also known as back muscles or your "lats," whereas your biceps assist you during a chin-up. The other difference is the pullup uses ...

This is going to work your back, both your rhomboid muscles in the upper middle back, between your shoulder blades, as well as the latissimus dorsi, the large back muscles on each side.

Strong Women trainer Emma Obayuvana demonstrates how to strengthen your lat muscles to help you do a pull-up in this quick 10 minute workout. Pull-ups are arguably one of the toughest bodyweight ...

Deltoid Abduction of the shoulder (moving the arm outwards and away from the body) Outward arm action in a jumping jack Rotator cuffs A group of stabilising muscles of the shoulder which helps to ...