Lats, Military Press
Bob Volkmer
shoulder early today. Military press, seated press, upright row, cable
fluff. I had to return to the gym some hours later to pay my fees for
next year and decided to jump on the rowing machine in the cardio area
for 30 minutes. At about the 20 min mark my lats were feeling it and
they still are after 4 hours.
I haven't done a back (pullups, Yates, etc.) workout for 4 days so I was
puzzled why I was feeling it. I know it is a different exercise for me
but was surprised how much my lats were talking to me. Maybe it was the
earlier Military presses?
Bob
Steve Freides
A smart lifter learns how to use his lats to stabilize the shoulder
joint - sounds like you are such a person, Bob. I make it a point to
use mine on every press (overhead or to the front, so that includes
barbell bench presses and pushups, too). One of the results is that my
pullup performance stays good with little or no pullup training.
Jim Janney
I try to use the lats as much as I can for any kind of overhead press,
so I would take that as a sign that you're doing it right.
I guess this is why I prefer a minimalist approach to exercises. If
you do a dozen different exercises and one of them was really good,
how do you figure out which one it was?
--
Jim Janney
Bob Volkmer
Makes sense. Thanks.
Christos Dimitrakakis
> How much does a shoulder workout enlist the lats? I did 30 mins of
> shoulder early today. Military press, seated press, upright row, cable
> fluff.
The lats here would only work as stabilisers, if at all.
> I had to return to the gym some hours later to pay my fees for
> next year and decided to jump on the rowing machine in the cardio area
> for 30 minutes. At about the 20 min mark my lats were feeling it and
> they still are after 4 hours.
A rowing machine works the lats a lot! In addition, aerobic exercise
(and more generally intense high reps) create a lot of burn. You have
answered your own question when you said that you started feeling it
while rowing.