Showing posts with label latissimus dorsi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label latissimus dorsi. Show all posts

May 26, 2009

Vertical Traction


Exercise for building strength in the latissimus dorsi and arm muscles

Oct 5, 2007

Dips

The dip is an exercise used in strength training. The person hangs from a dip bar with their arms straight, bends their arms to a 90 degree angle (thus lowering their body), and then slowly returns to their starting position of straight arms (lifting their body's weight). The difficulty of this exercise is increased by widening the distance that the person has to reach. Difficulty can be decreased by using an assisted-dip machine with a counterweight that helps push the body up.

Dips primarily train the triceps, and will also build the latissimi dorsi and pectorals with wide arm training.

Usually dips are done on a dip bar. Lifting the eintire body weight. To make the exercise heavier, you can hang weights onto your weight lifting belt. A lighter dip varitaion is "Bench Dips", where you do dips between two benches. Put your hands on one bench and you feet on another bench in front of you.

Wikipedia

Aug 29, 2007

Latissimus dorsi


The latissimus dorsi is a triangular, flat muscle, which covers the lumbar region and the lower half of the trunk, and is gradually contracted into a narrow fasciculus at its insertion into the humerus.

To increase the power of this muscle, the muscle can be trained with the following exercises:

  • pull-down (compound)
  • bent-over row (compound)
  • chin-up and pull-up (compound)
  • pull-over (single-joint)
  • dumbbell-rows (compound)
  • Deadlift (compound)


Wikipedia

Jul 7, 2007

Hanging Leg Raise



Hanging leg raises is a great way for working out the abs, and other muscles as well, such as the lats

Jul 3, 2007

Pull-ups



Pull-ups are upper body compound pulling exercises where the body is suspended by extended arms, then pulled up until the elbows are bent and the head is higher than the hands, utilizing an overhand grip - targeting mainly the Latissimus Dorsi muscle in the back.


(Wikipedia)