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<blockquote data-quote="Steelex" data-source="post: 1061353" data-attributes="member: 12431">The rack chins do a great job of developing lat width because they take away a lot of your ability to cheat, and help you focus more on contracting your back muscles. I do them with a pause at the top and a 3 second negative. For many people it's hard to build that mind to muscle connection with their lats, so they're never able to stress the lats as much as they need to grow.I recommend doing the rack chins with grip straps. I know everyone says &quot;well then you're not building your grip&quot;. They have a point. However, the point of the rack chin is to mentally focus on the contraction of the lats, and not be thinking about your grip at all. The rack chins with the Kroc rows do a lot to put width and thickness on the lats. I didn't have thick lats till I was getting 30+ reps with a 120lb DB. Now I use big zip ties to attach another dumbell to the 120 since that's as high as my gym has them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steelex, post: 1061353, member: 12431"] The rack chins do a great job of developing lat width because they take away a lot of your ability to cheat, and help you focus more on contracting your back muscles. I do them with a pause at the top and a 3 second negative. For many people it's hard to build that mind to muscle connection with their lats, so they're never able to stress the lats as much as they need to grow. I recommend doing the rack chins with grip straps. I know everyone says "well then you're not building your grip". They have a point. However, the point of the rack chin is to mentally focus on the contraction of the lats, and not be thinking about your grip at all. The rack chins with the Kroc rows do a lot to put width and thickness on the lats. I didn't have thick lats till I was getting 30+ reps with a 120lb DB. Now I use big zip ties to attach another dumbell to the 120 since that's as high as my gym has them :( [/QUOTE]

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