>claims to be a lat exercise but never actually hits your lats unless you have a Phd in sports science and know how to activate them

>claims to be a lat exercise but never actually hits your lats unless you have a Phd in sports science and know how to activate them

heh... owned....

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Hits the quads more than anything else

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      what?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nah. Pullups activate the cloits and gloits.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There's a secret trick to making sure you hit the lats in this exercise, and it's the same as hitting the pecs on bench:
    >in between reps of your main exercise, do a 25% load accessory exercise and HYPER-FOCUS on only activating the lats/pecs
    For benching, it's Svend pressing. For pull-ups, you can do lat-pulldowns.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Not rock it sigh ends.
    Just imagine your'e lats are pulling your'e elbows to your sides.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Impossible to do a pull-up without lat activation, unless "marine pull-up" is something different to a regular pull-up.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You probably don’t feel them in your lats because you’re not good enough at them yet. As you get better at them and your lats get stronger you’ll feel them more and more and be able to isolate them.

    Doing 50 pull-ups at the start of every back day (in as many sets as it takes you, I could only do 5 reps a set at first) made my back blow up and now I can consistently hit sets of 15 at 230 lbs. body weight.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nice

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Basd actual helpful advice from a non-moron

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Do you do them weighted and have you increased your total reps or do you still do 50 rep warmups?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I normally do them BW trying to do it in as few sets of as many reps as possible (I’m heavy enough that that’s usually enough to cook my back). The other day I did 100 reps but honestly it was boring as frick and if my heart isn’t in something it’s hard to have the right intensity and mindset

        Sometimes I’ll add a 25 or 45 pound plate and go for the 50 reps, it just takes me more sets to do it. Any time I go heavier than that I get less activation usually but some people love going heavy.

        Basd actual helpful advice from a non-moron

        Nice

        Thanks bros

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Do you change grip to do wide/chinup/neutral pullups? Also what else do you do on back days, high-rep pullups+rest of normal stuff seems like a lot.

          For the record I do seal rows, snatch grip deads, meadows rows, and upright rows (all in sets of 3 except meadows rows is 4 sets).

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I do like changing grips. Wide and close neutral, regular probated, and sometimes chin-ups with a deep stretch at the bottom light my lats up.

            One other move I really recommend is dumbbell pullovers, getting a good stretch at the bottom and squeezing the frick out of your lats and pecs as you go up.

            Less is more with accessories if you’re natty IMO (got that philosophy from Eric Bugenhagen) so I try not to do more than 4 exercises on back day. The big stuff like pull-ups and compound-type rows are what really matters for building your back.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      how long to rest

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Long as you have to to feel regenerated between sets really. It’ll might take a while at first to get it all done. Focus less on that and more on just getting clean focused reps in.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      tall homie, height?
      6'4 guessing

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        You got it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Based and scapular-pilled

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Dap me u

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Based. I've been doing pull ups since I was a kid (without understanding programming principles obviously) and only recently had it click for me how to get good lat engagement. after working up to a +65 lb weighted pull up, one day doing bodyweight reps I retracted my scapulas the way you would for a row and got the best lat pump of my life. Theres always something new to learn in the gym

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Looks good and solid, but your erectors spinae (the true sign of a strong stable back) are looking underdeveloped in comparison. Start hitting some weighted hypertensions

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Appreciate it man

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        since when does IST come up with sound observations?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >sets of 15
      you going for yujiro mode?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      homies be wearing ancient tablets as necklaces no skin off my shoes tho

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I guess if you're moronic

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You just have to think about the muscle

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There was this graph comparing different types of grips in pull exercices (pull up - chin up - neuntral grip) and it stated that chin ups target lats better than pull up grip.
    The difference was not that much of a big deal, but it was something more.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This is true, they also target biceps more. Chin ups are objectively superior for muscle development whilst also being easier to perform. There is no reason to do pullups

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i have never ever felt my lats engage on any lat exercise.
    not memeing, not shitposting. not once
    the body just does the exercise automatically.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It very well may be that they’re not developed enough yet. My pecs and lats both didn’t feel activated on stuff until I got them big enough.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        bro i'm 20 years into weight lifting.
        i went through airborne school where you do hundreds of pullups daily. i've been doing monkeybars and rope climbing for decades now.
        I'm telling you I feel nothing, the body just does the workout.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          does your chest hit the bar when doing pullups? you can do them wrong for 20 years. when I was in army my instructors didn't complain about my pullups but in retrospective I had shit form

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Damn, that’s fricking wild then

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Post physique, hard ass

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          why do they insist on so many pullups. did guile typecast the airforce?

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah your body doesnt know how to properly use your back muscles. You should do slow focused lat pulldowns using the machine. Start from like 50lbs and pull down fully with just your lats and inner upper back. Dont cheat with shoulders chest etc. Make sure you have perfect form. Otherwise youll start developing chronic pain from poor pullup form

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