The REAL Reason Your Lats Won't Grow!

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I do pull-ups and they're still uneven

See I’ve never understood why my lats don’t grow. I do the workout and reps correctly and I’ve had my form checked by several trainers and nothing. The only activation I feel is in the center of my back/traps no lats ever. Though this vid, as always, is helpful, it still doesn’t give me an answer 😔

Dude, I literally need help.
I'm 6'6" 290 lbs.
My lats are super super super tiny and I've been blowing them out of the water for 2 months now with NO growth.
Maybe it's just genes man, Idk.
I'll try out your suggestions though dude.

Always appreciate your videos. Could you tell me what’s the optimal length grips for lats is? Wide or narrow? Thank you!

Help!
I just ha a kid and i have a terrible pain in my eight elbow which i suspect is from pullups.

I started doing it like this last year and my back isnt any bigger but my waist and abs look way better lol

Mine didn't grow because my forearms would fail before my lats(the 3-4 sec eccentric were killing the forearms) . Just using straps/hooks and then doinf separate grip/forearm excersizes really helped this.

I could have also pre exhausted the muscle, but I don't wanna 😂😂😅

I have the MOST annoying issue... I can feel my left lats being properly engaged but NEVER on my right. When I try to focus on the right side I feel like my shoulder blade is moving over a muscle and it creates a strange popping or bumping feeling. This shoulder blade is naturally like a reverse winging, meaning that it naturally sits forward and I've been actively working to train it to pull back.

This said: I could use advice if anyone has it on how to work around this. I feel like the issue is making it hard to properly activate the lats fully on that side.

Anyone else have similar issues?

Hi Jeff, Over a period of time you have helped me make a mind to muscle connection, with nearly all muscles but I do all the exercises in this video & can not connect with the part of the lat going down my side, I only feel it in the highest part of my Triceps. Pull Scapulas back & down, nothing, I'd love it to go as far as my Seratus, which will help my recovering Rotator Cuffs apparently... ....
Thank you...

This man is a legend. Only dude to consistently make it easy for me to understand the full range of motion a specific muscle goes through.

I’d like to see the Lat Cable Pull down done in a knee bent position thus its a Lat Cable Frogger Pull down. Plus, it can be done dynamically.

Just realized i can squat down kneel dpwn or lay down for bands

Concentrated on doing this and actually got THE best lat workout I've ever had! Actually FELT it afterwards... Thank you!

Bro my right lat trains hard but my left lat won't and also not growing after 4 months of hard work

1. Holy shit so much bro-science. Even if you jerk with lower back you still work same amount with lats. You still push elbows to your body, nothing has changed biomechanically. I agree though that using lower back serves no purpose, you might actually hurt it from sudden jerking.
2. It's same stretch elbows straightened or bent. If you don't bent your arms you are basically doing hammer curls on lat pulldown machine and fatigue your arms.
3. Single armpulldown is literally identical to any row movement where you have shoulder adduction... No need to reinvent the wheel.

I find using full stretch takes tension off the lats

Let‘s be honest, the best lats exercise is a good machine. Where the hands are close at the top of the movement (stretch) and further apart at the bottom (avoidance of biceps takeover). Both hands should be able to move individually, so there is no risk of muscle imbalance.

Hey Jeff, first of all great video. Can you do a back workout program for those of us who have a back injury? I have slipped disc L5 S1 and ever since my injury I rarely train my lower back. Can you please help

Jesse, that back flexion difference from "before" to "after".. You literally doubled your size, good on you brother! Keep with it

Thank you for these videos Jeff. You help a lot of people out with these.

Thanks Jeff. I picked up the Dumbbell Tripod Row you show in one of your other lat videos. I don't have any cables in my gym. I have a bench and freeweights. Do any of your other videos show ways to grow lats without cables? Thanks - Gary

You have no lats

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I have no choice as far as going heavy Because I have a few outstanding problems so I go lighter and every once and a while do a few almost max.maybe 3 to 5 reps. Getting pumps are hard for me because of my age. However I seem to be cutting up.Thank you Jeff I find your advice very helpful. c];-)

Jeff, do we have to retract our shoulder blades while doing single arm lat-pull down (or any other exercise in order to make it lat focused)? Please let me know.

Thanks for this video Jeff, we've learned a lat

What do you have for the lower back

You are always on point on how to train.keep them coming for our evolution

Differences between one arm pulldown and one arma high row pls:(

Says the tiny man. If you truly want to see those gains increase your weight and go full throttle, up those calories and you will see real sexy in the mirror bay beee! Lol

💥High quality content on this channel. Many thanks, Jeff.

Thank you
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Woah Jesse! Nice

I'm learning something new, and I am grateful for what you doing man, thank you!

Is there a pdf printout of these exercises?

I'd love to take these to the gym

They aren’t growing bc your pull ups are killing your gains

From experience if a muscle won’t grow you’re not working it hard enough.

Cuz you're not eating P.E.D.s like these guys, getting a good lat spread naturally is almost impossible, especially if you have to work for a living.

have you been on joe rogans podcast yet?

Great, now I just need to find something to pull down on....

This guy is Shredder IRL

ARE U NATURAL?

Question,can I do this on a pullup bar?

Just go surfing lol

Breaking your back is killing your gains!

Do you have any videos regarding frozen shoulder for clients 50+

Is that Scapular Dyskinesia on the thumbnail?