There’s a saying in bodybuilding, “shows are won from the back.” During the Golden Era, that idea defined champions. While Ronnie Coleman dominated with complete back detail, Jay Cutler stood out with ...

I first stumbled on the single-arm lat pulldown back in college, when building a bigger back was borderline obsession. I was chasing size, symmetry, and that wide V-taper look, but standard rows and ...

The latissimus dorsi (lat) is a triangle-shaped muscle on each side of our backs that runs from just below the shoulder blade down the spine to the pelvis and connects to the upper arm. Your lats are ...

TO FORGE A balanced physique, training your back muscles will be absolutely essential. One of the most consequential of your ...

Dumbbell lat exercises give you a great range to train the lats, which benefits anyone training in a home gym or a gym with limited equipment. If you're strengthening your lats, you'll want to add at ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Let’s be honest: we don’t have hours to train in the gym. We have work, ...

YOU CAN CLASSIFY exercises in a number of ways—by muscle group, movement pattern, or implement used, for example—but one of the most basic methods is whether it's a compound movement (using multiple ...

Compound exercises are the most comprehensive set of training to stimulate muscle mass. These exercises engage your whole body, including your glutes, forearms, back, and core. They may include heavy ...

Compound exercises use multiple joints to perform a specific movement, while isolation exercises target a specific joint. Both types of exercises build muscle and burn calories; deciding which is best ...