I gave these a try again after listening to Eric Helms talk about them on the 3DMJ podcost, and holy hell these lit up my lats. Just wanted to mention these in case you’re looking for a back hypertrophy exercise that hits the lats really well.

I set up letting at around a 30 degree angle from a high pulley and brace myself on something (a box in my case). I let the weight pull my arm up and across my body, get a good stretch in my lat, then pull my elbow down to my hip.

IIRC the cross body variation is done because it increases the stretch on the lats.

  • Carnelian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Oh I’ve been meaning to try these! I think Jeff Nippard is a big fan as well.

    It makes total sense, that’s actually the position where your arm goes if you try to stretch your lats on like a doorframe or something

    • The Giant Korean@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Exactly! I’m still feeling it today. Not that soreness is necessarily an indicator of effectiveness, but damn, I am feeling these in parts of my lats that I never feel with bentover rows or pullups.