Training
The power/size/strength of this muscle can be trained with a variety of different exercises. Some of these include:
- Vertical pulling movements such as pull-downs and pull-ups (including chin-ups)
- Horizontal pulling movements such as bent-over row, T-bar row and other rowing exercises
- pull-overs
- deadlift
- boxing
Lifting under control can help reduce chances of injury.
Other types of sport and exercise are known to generate lat growth and power such as boxing. In boxing the large number of punches thrown by a fighter on a day to day basis in training, sparring, padwork contributes to development of the lat muscles get. Examples of this would be seen in boxers such as Manny Pacquiao, Chris Eubank, Sam Storey, Carl Froch and Arturo Gatti, although the size difference in lats can be due to genetics also.
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