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

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 ...

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Want to test your upper-body strength? Here's how many pull-ups you should be able to do—and the best exercises to improve.

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 ...

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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 ...