Artwork: Courtesy of Gray's Anatomy
Take a good look at the artwork above. Check out the Latissimus Dorsi muscle. It's a large, triangular muscle reaching from the lumbar region all the way to the thoracic area.... and it gradually thins out as it makes it's way to the point of insertion at the humerus, or upper arm bone. This muscle plays a key role in multiple movements and coordinations. Wrestlers are known for having well developed "Lats" due to the constant pull work that they do in practice, matches and....in the weightroom.
And, athletes in every sport rely on the latissimus dorsi for a multitude of functional movements. The ASAP: Athletic Strength And Power training program targets this large muscle group and addresses it on every upper body workout. In fact, at The Workout @Covington, there are eight individual machines
and nine other exercises that are utilized in a variety of workouts to make sure that this priority muscle has a bullseye on it. Now,if you happen to be too far away from the training center here in the shadows of Paul Brown Stadium (home of the Cincinnati Bengals), and you don't have access to the equipment that we take for granted here at TheWorkout..... then there are ways to work this muscle when your resources are limited. Chin-ups and pullups are great ways to work the Lats. Also, Towel Chin-ups are great..just drape a couple of towels over a bar and perform your chin-ups by grasping the 
towels....this will also test and build your grip strength! Similarly, negative -only chin-ups are a good variation and excellent if you can't do any regular chin-ups, yet. If you have access to dumbells...then the dumbell bent-over Row is a very good exercise. Of course, other non-direct exercises will also work the lats, too.
So, like the old Beatles song says..... Get Back!
.....Coach C
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