{"id":4057,"date":"2011-05-15T16:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2011-06-27T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T20:59:59","slug":"thumb-trick-for-wider-lats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/thumb-trick-for-wider-lats\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want To Build Wider Lats? If So Try This…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\nWhen it comes to building the ideal muscular physique a key component that really sets things off is having a Wide V-Shaped Muscular Back!<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, a lot of guys have trouble stimulating their lats to the max during training. Part of the reason for this is that you can’t see your back when you work it. So it’s harder to develop that “mind muscle connection”<\/em> where you can really feel the muscles stretch and contract as you do your exercises.<\/p>\n

Another reason why guys have trouble building up their lats is because very often the arms (specifically the biceps)<\/em> take a lot of the workload when it comes to rowing and pulling exercises. Now this isn’t necessarily a “bad thing” because you are still building muscle, but if your goal is to build wider lats than having the arms taking over can limit your results.<\/p>\n

One of my buddies and fellow muscle building coach, Nick Nilsson, just shared a killer lat training tip with me and I wanted to pass it on to you here. This simple change in your lifting technique can help you maximize muscle activation in the lats when doing rowing and pulling exercises.\n<\/td>\n

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Change Your Grip & Build Bigger Lats…<\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

All you have to do is vary your grip when training your lats, instead of wrapping your thumbs around the barbell like you normally do, push your thumbs against the BOTTOM of the bar instead. Just like is shown in the picture below…<\/p>\n

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\nTry This Thumbless Grip To Activate Your Lats More…<\/center><\/em><\/p>\n

As you do pull ups, pull downs, or rows you want to actively push your thumbs into the bottom of the bar.<\/p>\n

The whole act of pushing with your thumbs will take some of the biceps activity out of the lift and allow you to focus more on feeling the lats working. This has to do with the whole agonist and antagonist muscle action, because pushing with the thumbs engages the triceps more and thus neutralizes the biceps involvement.<\/p>\n

Now the only draw back here is that you’ll probably have to use lighter weights until you get used to the new grip and technique. But that’s ok, after all the purpose of this technique is to help stimulate new muscle growth in the lats, not to see how much weight you can lift.<\/p>\n

Give this simple “Thumbless Grip”<\/strong> technique a try in your next back workout, and leave me a comment below letting me know how it works for you!<\/p>\n\n\n
\nAnd if you’d like to learn some other killer training tricks like this for stimulating new muscle growth in your stubborn bodyparts, than I highly recommend you check out my buddy Nick Nilsson’s new program:<\/p>\n

“Mad Scientist Muscle”<\/strong><\/a>
\nHow To Build MONSTER Muscle Mass
\nWith Science Based Training.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nick is one of those guys who thinks outside the box. He is one of the most creative muscle building coaches that I know. I’ve picked up dozens of unique tips and tricks from following his programs and I regularly apply them to my own training. <\/p>\n

So if you are looking for a new twist to help you maximize your muscle growth. You owe it to yourself to check this program out. Click Here To Visit Nick’s Website.<\/a>\n<\/td>\n

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