If your having a bad day please insult me. Fucking genius. Re exercises never done the first one it's THE BEST LAT Exercise ever. You rock keep up the content brother
I’ve recently added Cambered Bar Bent over rows. For most of my career I’ve stuck with the straight bar variety but Dorian tearing his biceps has always stuck in the back of my head.
Thank you sir for this very well detailed explanation on activating the latissimus dorsi. Wow brilliant way to get people to understand what your saying. I can’t wait for your next video Knowledge is power . Thank you for this sir 🏋️♂️
Great video! A question on planes and alignment: while the trapezius in generally recognized as 3 separate muscles, with the upper and lower even having opposing effects on scapular rotation, there's not a lot of talk about the different areas of the lats. The origin goes all the way from the T7-L5 vertebrae. Do you think abduction movements might affect target different fibers than extension movements? With pecs and even glutes people talk about targeting diffent areas along the lines of origin. Some people talk about pulldowns vs. rows for width vs thickness, do you have any opinions on all this?
Man! If HC can make a beautiful looking body like of Terrance, with just a few exercises most people overlook or ignore in the gym, this guy needs a lot more followers. I'm a beginner, would love to workout under HC and learn a lot!
Great content, thank you. Question: Your #3 movement, unsupported rows, hasn't worked well for me in the past, because my lumbar support fails before my lats do. If I do 4 sets each of neutral grip pulldowns and neutral grip rows (both with the correct motion path), what else should I add for a "complete" back day?
I'm going to give this a try. I have all the equipment mentioned to make it happen. Like a lot of guys I've never really felt my lats in all the many years I've been training so subsequently I have no lats. I even went as far as to buy all the MAG grips/bars thinking the right one would be in there for me. Not so or at lease not yet. There are a lot of pros with great lats so whats the real secret? I'm making it a life long goal to build some lats but I've got to feel them working and burning first!
If you got all mag grips and you still can't feel a good contraction you deffo haven't been doing lat movements properly. Fix your technique and watch ur lats grow. The mag grips are the truth!!!
Great video, the comment at the end just cracked me up! If you’re having a bad day feel free to insult me, not sure why it made me laugh so much. Thanks for the great content
@@adjeastludean5640 any exercise that stimulates muscle is a "mass" builder. Dorian Yates had one of the best backs in history and his best exercise was the pullover. People use that word mass builder way to loosely. To build mass you need to eat big. You can be as strong as ever but if youre in a caloric deficit it wont build mass.
Great exercise if you have decent shoulder mobility. Can cause shoulder issues though if you don't. Basically if it feels comfortable, do them, but if you feel it in your rotator cuff then it might be best to find alternatives like some form of straight arm pulldown etc
Very educational all of your videos coach. One question though... what is your opinion on pull over whether is with a dumbbell or in a machine. Thank you in advance!
My gym doesn’t have any single arm pulldown machines, and the lat pulldown only has one pulley, so if i were to do single arm pulldowns on that it would be kind of uneven. what do you recommend in that case? can i do any other neutral grip pulldown ?
I was waiting for one very important factor - spine extension. It should not be happening during lat movements since it shortens the lat and makes it weaker (Hunter watch out). Other than that the video was spot on! Maaaybe the bend over stuff without chest support is really not that beneficial for lats... :P
Spinal extension doesn’t influence lay length. The lat doesn’t “bow away” from the body when you extend the spine, like the sting on a bow and arrow would (which especially makes sense when you consider some of the lats broad origin attaches to the spine). Only side bending and rotation really effect the lats length.
@@HypertrophyCoach as I am reading some 2020 medical papers about lats it says: "Currently, the evidence is mixed on how much influence this muscle has on spine extension, lateral flexion, or rotation." Therefore, you might be right. Anyways, what I really wanted to say is that lats are in mechanical disadvantage when spine is extended. I tagged you in N1 Traing instagram post talking about this. What do you think about it?
I'm not coach Joe but here's something I've been able to do: If your pulldown machine is straight up and down you can position a bench in front of it to create that angle with your arm slightly in front of you in the start position and pull from there, the bench could also help brace your chest by positioning it so your chest is supported by the pad. Depending on how strong you are with a single arm, you may or may not need any more bracing to keep yourself glued to the bench.
1arm lat pulldowns you should lift your chest at the bottom of the movement while at the same time sidecrunch to get your lat fully contracted. At the top, reverse the sidecrunch you just did on the arm you work with while side crunching on the other side to fully stretch the lat. Gives iiiiiinsane stretch on your back.
Hey Joe , love your content man ! Great videos ! I wanna ask something if i dont have lat pulldown machine can i replace this exercises with weighted pull ups?
The workout choices are great! Awesome tips. I'm not a big fan of anything underhand due to the biceps being activated too much. I would prefer anything that doesn't include the biceps too much specially if I'm going heavy
It's probably me😅 but I just don't get the ROM on the pull-down. Why wouldn't you use a strap handle so you can fully lengthen the arm and turn you thumb in to fully lengthen your lats.
Whether the underhand grip is safe ? Can the biceps ruputer from such underhand grip ? As far as i remember on such a grip biceps ruptured Dorian Yates
I wanted to know, during the pulldowns, I have seen John meadows, kindof tilting on the side, it definitely "feels" a better contraction, but is it necessary or are there any advantages to it?
Basically it shortens the lat more thats why you feel more contraction. Whether it is very beneficial I would say yes just because you are covering more range of motion but the biggest hypertrophy gains you get from the lengthened and mid range position since those are the positions you are stronger.
Some people are born to naturally add muscle easily. Some not so easily, and have to work hard at it. While others decide to take fate in their hands and take gear. This is certainly an instructional video and can benefit all.
Great video, Joe! I love the banded pull ups and I feel the stretch and much better range of motion than with a pull down. I do still do pull downs every now and then but I see what you are saying about the pull down limiting the range. Thanks again
I had this same problem a while back. Sounds weird but just by wearing wraps and focusing on pulling with my elbows, my mind muscle connection got so much better! Try it!
Great video, how do you feel about neutral or supinated seated cable rows for lats? The profile isnt great unless if done from an elevated pulley, but is there still merit to doing them? Or should I opt for something else?
For back exercises, should I keep scapula retracted throughout the set to keep the tension , or release and stretch all the way and actively retracting and pulling for every rep??
Love your content! My back is severely lacking from a surgery where they removed part of my right lung. So I’m trying to build it up and doing single arm moves so I can hit that side extra. Do you see any benefit in day having a full back day twice a week and then on chest day activating the lats with like 3 sets of pull-ups before starting chest? I know it benefits the chest but will there be much in way of back benefits?
Activation alone wont produce a response for them to grow. You need to load them. If you are already doing back twice a week, loading it a 3rd time is way too much to recover from. Don't worry about doing extra volume. Just focus on exercise execution and load on your scheduled back days. Hope that helps.
@@dmitriypoltavskiy1218 I was referring to activating them for chest pressing. Just warming them up before a chest day. I’ve read some say it helps some no effects
Dorian had a back young. Barbell rows old school. Many machines do a better job now. Too much isometric contractions of smaller muscle groups will fail before back
I’d like some help picking out a back machine for my home gym. I could either get a standard Tbar row or a chest supported Tbar row. Any advice? My goal is overall back mass
@@MrKratosin I'm pretty sure the type of pulldown Joe recommends with the arm positioned slightly in front instead of straight up is really good for the lower lats because it aligns really well with those fibers and all the fibers of the lats for that matter.
All these are for “lower lats”, specifically the pulldowns. As you can’t really isolate lower lats at all. At best you can bias them a bit more with pulldowns compared to rows
Would love to know your opinion on weighted pull ups. I know the bracing is probably not great but I would've thought the alignment is good and anecdotally they've blown up my lats and I feel really good after doing them.
Depends on so many factors. Mainly how you perform exercises, recover, etc. Most people that train hard don’t need more than 4 per workout (4 each, bis, tris - so 8 total)
This is a great video for people with invisible lat syndrome
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Like me bro
@@brewhaha515 I have ham-calves that are as much mass if not more mass than my lats 😭
@@brewhaha515 brother in christ My doctors said i wasnt born with any calves
Appreciate what u bring
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I'm glad someone puts emphasis on individual
Hi Coach, Thanks for taking your time for spreading this information! Keep inspiring!
Weighted Pull Ups are by far the best!
If your having a bad day please insult me. Fucking genius. Re exercises never done the first one it's THE BEST LAT Exercise ever. You rock keep up the content brother
I've been looking forward to another installment in this series! Awesome stuff!
Weighted Pull ups are my first choice. And they will always be.
Neutral grip?
The man the legend.
I love watching his videos, he breaks down workouts and how to do them
Awesome content and wealth of knowledge - love the use of the machine output.
I’ve recently added Cambered Bar Bent over rows. For most of my career I’ve stuck with the straight bar variety but Dorian tearing his biceps has always stuck in the back of my head.
Thank you very much!
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Thank you sir for this very well detailed explanation on activating the latissimus dorsi. Wow brilliant way to get people to understand what your saying. I can’t wait for your next video
Knowledge is power . Thank you for this sir 🏋️♂️
Great advice as usual
Great stufff
The pull over machine is the best for your last by a mile. I’ve finally found a gym that has one. Every gym should have one
Very informative! I was expecting a weighted chin up in here
Great video! A question on planes and alignment: while the trapezius in generally recognized as 3 separate muscles, with the upper and lower even having opposing effects on scapular rotation, there's not a lot of talk about the different areas of the lats. The origin goes all the way from the T7-L5 vertebrae. Do you think abduction movements might affect target different fibers than extension movements?
With pecs and even glutes people talk about targeting diffent areas along the lines of origin. Some people talk about pulldowns vs. rows for width vs thickness, do you have any opinions on all this?
Where are the Joe cable rows in this? I am just messing around. Love the first movement. My gym has that exact same machine. Great video here.
You're the best!!!
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Can we have a similar video for upper back / traps?
Already one up for “back thickness”
Best video informationwise thanks a lot for confirming what Ive also found out to work best
Priceless information sir!
very true very smart
Great Video!!!
Thank you!
Man! If HC can make a beautiful looking body like of Terrance, with just a few exercises most people overlook or ignore in the gym, this guy needs a lot more followers. I'm a beginner, would love to workout under HC and learn a lot!
Great advice 👍
Keep up the great work. Thank you 👊🏽
Thanks for the insight
So pullover machine is the best for lats?
More solid ,usable info! Way to go Joey B!
Great content!
god tier content. Loved it
Spot on 👌👏👍
How about a plate loaded DY row?
Great content, thank you. Question: Your #3 movement, unsupported rows, hasn't worked well for me in the past, because my lumbar support fails before my lats do. If I do 4 sets each of neutral grip pulldowns and neutral grip rows (both with the correct motion path), what else should I add for a "complete" back day?
Watch my “back thickness” day video. Pick two of those as well (wider grip tbars of RDLs likely)
@@HypertrophyCoach : Tomorrow is back day, so I'll give these a go. Thanks again!
Wow ! It's Hunter Labrada
Emizing .
Pls more video.
I'm going to give this a try. I have all the equipment mentioned to make it happen. Like a lot of guys I've never really felt my lats in all the many years I've been training so subsequently I have no lats. I even went as far as to buy all the MAG grips/bars thinking the right one would be in there for me. Not so or at lease not yet. There are a lot of pros with great lats so whats the real secret? I'm making it a life long goal to build some lats but I've got to feel them working and burning first!
Try what all is recommended in the video 👊
Like Joe said, focus on technique and execution first, and then get really strong =)
If you got all mag grips and you still can't feel a good contraction you deffo haven't been doing lat movements properly. Fix your technique and watch ur lats grow. The mag grips are the truth!!!
Great video, the comment at the end just cracked me up! If you’re having a bad day feel free to insult me, not sure why it made me laugh so much. Thanks for the great content
Where would a pullover movement rank in your back exercises? I noticed it didnt make this list.
Pullover machine is pre exhaust workout, not mass builder
@@adjeastludean5640 any exercise that stimulates muscle is a "mass" builder. Dorian Yates had one of the best backs in history and his best exercise was the pullover. People use that word mass builder way to loosely. To build mass you need to eat big. You can be as strong as ever but if youre in a caloric deficit it wont build mass.
@Thor Odinson Thats crazy talk
Thanks you for the insight! Any chance you could do a posing tutorial for classic? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again!
So go wide to get wide isn't really true then? Better off with a shoulder width grip on pull-up/pull down?
Love your content, keep it up 🙌💪🏻
Correct! 👊🙏
Hey Joe great stuff. Do you have one for thickness?
Yup!
I have the same microwave as Joe Bennet! Win!
Thoughts on pullover machine. pullovers in general ?
Great exercise if you have decent shoulder mobility. Can cause shoulder issues though if you don't. Basically if it feels comfortable, do them, but if you feel it in your rotator cuff then it might be best to find alternatives like some form of straight arm pulldown etc
Ahh, makes sense.
10:23 can some one help me find this sick heavy metal track?
Coach - so more of a Yates row as opposed to bent over more?
Anything Hunter does is worth doing.
Very educational all of your videos coach. One question though... what is your opinion on pull over whether is with a dumbbell or in a machine. Thank you in advance!
It’s awesome if you can bias it towards your lats
So in hindsight the nautilus pullover is probably the best?
My gym doesn’t have any single arm pulldown machines, and the lat pulldown only has one pulley, so if i were to do single arm pulldowns on that it would be kind of uneven. what do you recommend in that case? can i do any other neutral grip pulldown ?
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Is t bar row good?
I was waiting for one very important factor - spine extension. It should not be happening during lat movements since it shortens the lat and makes it weaker (Hunter watch out). Other than that the video was spot on! Maaaybe the bend over stuff without chest support is really not that beneficial for lats... :P
Spinal extension doesn’t influence lay length. The lat doesn’t “bow away” from the body when you extend the spine, like the sting on a bow and arrow would (which especially makes sense when you consider some of the lats broad origin attaches to the spine). Only side bending and rotation really effect the lats length.
@@HypertrophyCoach as I am reading some 2020 medical papers about lats it says: "Currently, the evidence is mixed on how much influence this muscle has on spine extension, lateral flexion, or rotation." Therefore, you might be right. Anyways, what I really wanted to say is that lats are in mechanical disadvantage when spine is extended. I tagged you in N1 Traing instagram post talking about this. What do you think about it?
Another informative video always watch your posts and redcon1 cheers bud ..dont worry I wont insult you lol .
Thank you coach ,but my gym is old school and they dont have that machine ,can ido this first exercise with single handle grip on pull down machine ?
I'm not coach Joe but here's something I've been able to do: If your pulldown machine is straight up and down you can position a bench in front of it to create that angle with your arm slightly in front of you in the start position and pull from there, the bench could also help brace your chest by positioning it so your chest is supported by the pad. Depending on how strong you are with a single arm, you may or may not need any more bracing to keep yourself glued to the bench.
Yes, absolutely. I mention that in the video
@@HypertrophyCoach thx john
1arm lat pulldowns you should lift your chest at the bottom of the movement while at the same time sidecrunch to get your lat fully contracted.
At the top, reverse the sidecrunch you just did on the arm you work with while side crunching on the other side to fully stretch the lat.
Gives iiiiiinsane stretch on your back.
Try hunching forward on the contraction. Insane lower lat activation. Sounds stupid but try it.
I hold onto (push into) the chest pad with my resting forearm on all these exercises. Is that limiting the amount of tension I’m getting to the lats?
As long as nothing else is moving, yes
Hey Joe , love your content man ! Great videos ! I wanna ask something if i dont have lat pulldown machine can i replace this exercises with weighted pull ups?
Yes! Single arm cable works well too!
@@HypertrophyCoach Thanks for the answer! Keep it the good work! 💪
The workout choices are great! Awesome tips. I'm not a big fan of anything underhand due to the biceps being activated too much. I would prefer anything that doesn't include the biceps too much specially if I'm going heavy
It's probably me😅 but I just don't get the ROM on the pull-down. Why wouldn't you use a strap handle so you can fully lengthen the arm and turn you thumb in to fully lengthen your lats.
whats that song name at 5:50 minute
Whether the underhand grip is safe ? Can the biceps ruputer from such underhand grip ? As far as i remember on such a grip biceps ruptured Dorian Yates
I wanted to know, during the pulldowns, I have seen John meadows, kindof tilting on the side, it definitely "feels" a better contraction, but is it necessary or are there any advantages to it?
Basically it shortens the lat more thats why you feel more contraction. Whether it is very beneficial I would say yes just because you are covering more range of motion but the biggest hypertrophy gains you get from the lengthened and mid range position since those are the positions you are stronger.
Why would you ask if a John Meadows technique is necessary? Slap 👋 yourself and then do the technique 😆
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Lats go
Some people are born to naturally add muscle easily. Some not so easily, and have to work hard at it. While others decide to take fate in their hands and take gear. This is certainly an instructional video and can benefit all.
Great video, Joe! I love the banded pull ups and I feel the stretch and much better range of motion than with a pull down. I do still do pull downs every now and then but I see what you are saying about the pull down limiting the range. Thanks again
I can’t seem to activate my lats for some odd reason
I had this same problem a while back. Sounds weird but just by wearing wraps and focusing on pulling with my elbows, my mind muscle connection got so much better! Try it!
@@lawrencebeaumont6008 I will try it
Should your elbows go as far back as possible or is having the upper arm in line with your upper body enough?
Weighted pullups should be here too
nice
Great video, how do you feel about neutral or supinated seated cable rows for lats? The profile isnt great unless if done from an elevated pulley, but is there still merit to doing them? Or should I opt for something else?
For back exercises, should I keep scapula retracted throughout the set to keep the tension , or release and stretch all the way and actively retracting and pulling for every rep??
At the end of the portion let you scapula come forward
Pullover machines???
Love your content! My back is severely lacking from a surgery where they removed part of my right lung. So I’m trying to build it up and doing single arm moves so I can hit that side extra. Do you see any benefit in day having a full back day twice a week and then on chest day activating the lats with like 3 sets of pull-ups before starting chest? I know it benefits the chest but will there be much in way of back benefits?
Activation alone wont produce a response for them to grow. You need to load them. If you are already doing back twice a week, loading it a 3rd time is way too much to recover from. Don't worry about doing extra volume. Just focus on exercise execution and load on your scheduled back days. Hope that helps.
@@dmitriypoltavskiy1218 I was referring to activating them for chest pressing. Just warming them up before a chest day. I’ve read some say it helps some no effects
Mega advice, mega beard 😁👌💪
Dorian had a back young. Barbell rows old school. Many machines do a better job now. Too much isometric contractions of smaller muscle groups will fail before back
5:50 music blew up my eardrums😅
Unformative video though, thank you.
What do you think of breaking the chest supported row into a heavier outer range and a moderate weight inner range?
I like your music sir..
I’d like some help picking out a back machine for my home gym. I could either get a standard Tbar row or a chest supported Tbar row. Any advice? My goal is overall back mass
Chest supported for sure
Awesome
Lower lats the next
Nice video!!!
I’m no Joe, but in my opinion:
Get really strong at pull downs and rows and your lower lats will grow
@@ThatGoodBarbequ I know,but have exercicises put more stress on this area ,but thanks man!
@@MrKratosin I'm pretty sure the type of pulldown Joe recommends with the arm positioned slightly in front instead of straight up is really good for the lower lats because it aligns really well with those fibers and all the fibers of the lats for that matter.
All these are for “lower lats”, specifically the pulldowns. As you can’t really isolate lower lats at all. At best you can bias them a bit more with pulldowns compared to rows
@@HypertrophyCoach O thanks joe,great video nice to help me out,thanks
great channel hope grow fast !
Sooo pull ups are not in the top 3?🤔🤔
Would love to know your opinion on weighted pull ups. I know the bracing is probably not great but I would've thought the alignment is good and anecdotally they've blown up my lats and I feel really good after doing them.
If something is working keep doing it.
What about a Top3 Glutes video?
How bout some exercises we can do with more readily available equipment
You don’t have a barbell?
@@HypertrophyCoach got a barbell but no unilateral lat machine
One of the exercises was barbell rows. Why can’t you pick that one? Sit facing an incline bench to give your low back a rest too 👍🏼
Oh I like you. You're like Ryan Humiston without the jokes and before he went TH-cam algorithm chasing crazy.
How many working sets your recommend for arms
A little as possible to get the maximum results and as many as you can recover from
Depends on so many factors. Mainly how you perform exercises, recover, etc. Most people that train hard don’t need more than 4 per workout (4 each, bis, tris - so 8 total)
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Gimme dat lat mass
My gym has none of those machines
Use the ones you have
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This is an insult.
Ahhh, I feel so much better!
For really tho, great vid.