anyone else can't feel their lats?

[Deleted member 31459]

i can't feel my lats when i do pullups tbh

i don't feel my rotator cuff or much of my arms either tbh, at most the only muscles that feel sore after i finish a set are my biceps

 

[thecel]

same

but I can flex my lats

so I conclude that the lats are a muscle that doesn't rly get sore when trained

 

[Deleted member 1735]

poor technique bhai it's all about being in proper alignment to activate the right muscles

 

[Deleted member 31459]

poor technique bhai it's all about being in proper alignment to activate the right muscles

I'm gonna try squeezing them with each rep to see if I can feel them more

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

Wrong form

 

[alien]

i can't feel my lats when i do pullups tbh

i don't feel my rotator cuff or much of my arms either tbh, at most the only muscles that feel sore after i finish a set are my biceps

You can't feel your back at all?

 

[Deleted member 31459]

You can't feel your back at all?

I can feel them a bit and like @thecel said I can squeeze them they just never get sore after a workout compared to my triceps or chest for example

If my tricep soreness was a 9 my lats would be a 2-3

 

[ThatGuythattype]

Same. I went to my doctor bcaus3 of that and just received my diagnosis :
Invincible lat syndrome

 

[alien]

I can feel them a bit and like @thecel said I can squeeze them they just never get sore after a workout compared to my triceps or chest for example

If my tricep soreness was a 9 my lats would be a 2-3

My lats typically don't get very sore either.
What I think will help you is to use a false grip to disengage your biceps/forearms more and shift more of the burden to your back. A false grip is where you keep your thumb on the side of your fingers. Do not wrap your thumb around the bar or the other fingers.

Also your lats get engaged most when you descend down from the bar, not when you pull yourself up. When you start, hang from the bar down low until you feel gravity pushing down on you and your back. And then pull yourself up. And then descend back down low. Pause. Feel the gravity pushing down on you and your back. And then pull yourself up. Don't rush yourself. Don't be focused on getting XX number of reps. Just take it slow. Nice and easy. If you pause at the bottom and control the eccentric, this makes the movement more difficult. But will also engage your back muscles more. Which is what you want. Since you're trying to grow a wide back. Not try to win a calisthenics competition.

If you can't even get do 3 sets of 8 reps each (with 3 minute rest periods) with paused reps like this, then do a drop set after of neutral grip pull-ups (easier) with a false neutral grip (rather than the false pronated grip used for regular pull-ups) or chin-ups. Chin-ups involve a supinated grip so you can't really do a false grip. But I think its better to put your thumb across your fingers rather than putting your thumb on the bar to disengage biceps/forearms more. Or you could superset with one-arm lat pulldowns with the single handle attachment.

 

[Deleted member 31459]

My lats typically don't get very sore either.
What I think will help you is to use a false grip to disengage your biceps/forearms more and shift more of the burden to your back. A false grip is where you keep your thumb on the side of your fingers. Do not wrap your thumb around the bar or the other fingers.

Also your lats get engaged most when you descend down from the bar, not when you pull yourself up. When you start, hang from the bar down low until you feel gravity pushing down on you and your back. And then pull yourself up. And then descend back down low. Pause. Feel the gravity pushing down on you and your back. And then pull yourself up. Don't rush yourself. Don't be focused on getting XX number of reps. Just take it slow. Nice and easy. If you pause at the bottom and control the eccentric, this makes the movement more difficult. But will also engage your back muscles more. Which is what you want. Since you're trying to grow a wide back. Not try to win a calisthenics competition.

If you can't even get do 3 sets of 8 reps each (with 3 minute rest periods) with paused reps like this, then do a drop set after of neutral grip pull-ups (easier) with a false neutral grip (rather than the false pronated grip used for regular pull-ups) or chin-ups. Chin-ups involve a supinated grip so you can't really do a false grip. But I think its better to put your thumb across your fingers rather than putting your thumb on the bar to disengage biceps/forearms more. Or you could superset with one-arm lat pulldowns with the single handle attachment.

That explains a lot, I rely more on momentum on the negative portion of my reps