TO FORGE A balanced physique, training your back muscles will be absolutely essential. One of the most consequential of your back muscles will be your lats—and there are plenty of lat-focused ...

This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...

About 80 percent of adults experience lower back pain at some point in their lifetimes, according to the National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The double-edged sword? It's usually ...

Gold’s Gym senior director of fitness Andy Coggan says that lats aid in day-to-day movements. Here's how to properly do lat exercises. When you think about muscles you can easily work at home, lats ...

A small tweak to your lat pulldown can transform your back and biceps gains. It’s the cable machine equivalent of a chinup and delivers the kind of pulling strength and muscle growth that standard ...