Latissimus Dorsi


Summary

Location: In the back, spanning from the lower back to the upper arm, forming a large, triangular muscle.

Information

Group: Shoulder
Side(s) of body: Back, Front
Function/action: Shoulder Extensor, Shoulder Adductor, Shoulder Medial Rotator, Trunk Stabiliser

Details

Joint: Shoulder
Bone: Humerus, Thoracic Vertebrae, Lumbar Vertebrae
Origin: Spinous processes of lower thoracic and all lumbar vertebrae, iliac crest.
Insertion: Floor of intertubercular sulcus of humerus.

Exercises

Primary muscle in: Lat Pulldown, Seated Cable Row, Dumbbell Row, Dumbbell Seal Row, One Arm Seated Cable Row, Chin Up, Close Grip Lat Pulldown, Neutral Grip Pull Up, One Arm Lat Pulldown, Pull Up, Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown, Dumbbell Pullover, Lat Prayer, Bent Over Row, Chest Supported Dumbbell Row, Machine Row, Meadows Row, Seal Row, T Bar Row, Yates Row, Ab Wheel Rollout, Closet Pull Up, One Arm Pull Up, Seated Table Pull Up, Muscle Up, Ring Muscle Up, Barbell Pullover, Renegade Row, Inverted Row, Table Inverted Row, Clean High Pull, Clean Pull, Dumbbell High Pull, Snatch Pull, Bag Row, Pendlay Row, Dumbbell Snatch, Hang Snatch, Muscle Snatch, Power Snatch, Snatch
Secondary muscle in: Bench Press, Conventional Deadlift, Face Pull, Dumbbell Bench Press, Sumo Deadlift, One Arm Face Pull, Dumbbell Incline Y Raise, Close Grip Bench Press, Close Grip Incline Bench Press, Incline Bench Press, Incline Dumbbell Bench Press, Machine Chest Press, Paused Bench Press, Smith Machine Bench Press, Wide Grip Bench Press, Deficit Conventional Deadlift, Deficit Sumo Deadlift, Dumbbell Deadlift, Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift, Pause Deadlift, Romanian Deadlift, Single Leg Deadlift, Single Leg Dumbbell Deadlift, Single Leg Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift, Single Leg Romanian Deadlift, Stiff Leg Conventional Deadlift, Trap Bar Deadlift, Dip, Seated Dip Machine, Dumbbell Face Pull, Bench Pin Press, Crush Press, Decline Bench Press, Decline Dumbbell Bench Press, Dumbbell Floor Press, Floor Press, Larsen Press, Reverse Grip Bench Press, Spoto Press, Archer Push Up, Close Grip Push Up, Decline Push Up, Incline Push Up, One Arm Push Up, Push Up, Wide Grip Push Up, Behind The Back Deadlift, Block Pull, Snatch Grip Deadlift, Stiff Leg Sumo Deadlift, Good Morning, Jefferson Deadlift, Bench Dip, Ring Dip, Cable External Rotation, Dumbbell External Rotation, Dumbbell Lying External Rotation, Muscle Up, Ring Muscle Up, Jefferson Squat, JM Press, Tate Press, Diamond Push Up, Above Knee Rack Pull, Zercher Deadlift, Lying Bag Face Pull, Lying Bodyweight Y Raise, Standing Bodyweight Y Raise, Burpee