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Overhead Lat

Lats · Other

Advanced

Body Part

Back

Equipment

Other

Level

Advanced

Force

Static

The Overhead Lat is an advanced other exercise that primarily targets the Lats.

Muscles Worked

Lats primaryTriceps secondary

How to Do the Overhead Lat

  1. 1Sit upright on the floor with your partner behind you. Raise one arm straight up, and flex the elbow, attempting to touch your hand to your back. Your parner should hold your tricep and wrist. This will be your starting position.
  2. 2Attempt to pull your upper arm to your side as your partner prevents you from doing actually doing so.
  3. 3After 10-20 seconds, relax the arm and allow your partner to further stretch the lat by applying gentle pressure to the tricep. Hold for 10-20 seconds, and then switch sides.

Related Exercises

Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.