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Latissimus Dorsi-SMR

Lats · Foam Roller

Beginner

Body Part

Back

Equipment

Foam Roller

Level

Beginner

Type

Isolation

Force

Static

The Latissimus Dorsi-SMR is a beginner foam roller exercise that primarily targets the Lats.

Muscles Worked

Lats primary

How to Do the Latissimus Dorsi-SMR

  1. 1While lying on the floor, place a foam roll under your back and to one side, just behind your arm pit. This will be your starting position.
  2. 2Keep the arm of the side being stretched behind and to the side of you as you shift your weight onto your lats, keeping your upper body off of the ground. Hold for 10-30 seconds, and switch sides.

Related Exercises

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Pull-Up

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Barbell

Barbell Bent-Over Row

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Bodyweight

Chin-Up

The pull-up's arm-building cousin

Machine

Lat Pulldown

The accessible path to wider lats

Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.

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