Lats Exercises
45 exercises that target the lats. Filter by equipment, then open any exercise for step-by-step instructions and a muscle map.

Band Assisted Pull-Up
Bent Arm Pullover

Catch and Overhead Throw

Chair Lower Back Stretch

Chin-Up

Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown

Dynamic Back Stretch

Elevated Cable Rows

Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown

Gironda Sternum Chins
Incline Pushdown with Cable

Kipping Muscle Up

Kneeling High Pulley Row

Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row

Latissimus Dorsi-SMR

Leverage Iso Row

London Bridges

Muscle Up
Narrow Parallel Grip Chin-ups

One Arm Against Wall

One Arm Lat Pulldown

One Handed Hang

Overhead Lat

Overhead Slam
Pull Ups

Pullups

Rocky Pull-Ups/Pulldowns

Rope Climb

Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown

Shotgun Row

Side To Side Chins

Side-Lying Floor Stretch
Straight Arm Push Down

Straight-Arm Pulldown

Underhand Cable Pulldowns
Underhand Pull down
Underhand Pull downs
Upright Band Rows
V Bar Pull Down

V-Bar Pulldown

V-Bar Pullup

Weighted Pull Ups

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown

Wide-Grip Pulldown Behind The Neck

Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up
Lats Exercises — FAQ
What are the best lats exercises?
It depends on your available equipment and experience. This page lists all 45 lats exercises in the database — cable is the most common equipment for this muscle. Open any exercise for step-by-step instructions.
How do I train lats without equipment?
6 of these lats exercises need no equipment at all. Use the equipment filter above and pick "Body only".
Which other muscles do lats exercises work?
Most compound movements recruit secondary muscles alongside the lats. Every exercise page shows a muscle map with the primary muscle in terracotta and secondary muscles in a lighter tint.