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

OtherBeginner

Bent Arm Pullover

BarbellBenchIntermediate

Catch and Overhead Throw

Medicine ballBeginner

Chair Lower Back Stretch

OtherBeginner

Chin-Up

Body onlyBeginner

Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown

CableBeginner

Dynamic Back Stretch

OtherBeginner

Elevated Cable Rows

CableIntermediate

Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown

CableIntermediate

Gironda Sternum Chins

OtherIntermediate

Incline Pushdown with Cable

CableBeginner

Kipping Muscle Up

OtherIntermediate

Kneeling High Pulley Row

CableBeginner

Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row

CableBeginner

Latissimus Dorsi-SMR

Foam rollBeginner

Leverage Iso Row

MachineBeginner

London Bridges

OtherIntermediate

Muscle Up

OtherIntermediate

Narrow Parallel Grip Chin-ups

BarbellBody only

One Arm Against Wall

OtherBeginner

One Arm Lat Pulldown

CableBeginner

One Handed Hang

OtherBeginner

Overhead Lat

OtherExpert

Overhead Slam

Medicine ballBeginner

Pull Ups

Barbell

Pullups

Body onlyBeginner

Rocky Pull-Ups/Pulldowns

OtherIntermediate

Rope Climb

OtherIntermediate

Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown

CableBeginner

Shotgun Row

CableBeginner

Side To Side Chins

OtherIntermediate

Side-Lying Floor Stretch

OtherBeginner

Straight Arm Push Down

Cable

Straight-Arm Pulldown

CableBeginner

Underhand Cable Pulldowns

CableBeginner

Underhand Pull down

Cable

Underhand Pull downs

Cable

Upright Band Rows

Body onlyBand

V Bar Pull Down

Cable

V-Bar Pulldown

CableIntermediate

V-Bar Pullup

Body onlyBeginner

Weighted Pull Ups

OtherIntermediate

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown

CableBeginner

Wide-Grip Pulldown Behind The Neck

CableIntermediate

Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up

Body onlyIntermediate

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.