Deadlifts and lats

[Aggression]

What do deads build more, your lat width or thickness? Do they build more your lower lats or upper lats?

I'm doing 4x5 increasing the weight each set.

[nsa]

Neither, they primarily work your erector spinae...

[Aggression]

So deads don't work your lats at all?

[gino_slayer]

they dont work them directly but they do give your back a look of overall thickness.

[decadbal]

if you are gettin lat workout from deads, i have afeelin you arnt doing deads..lol

[mitch428cj]

if you are gettin lat workout from deads, i have afeelin you arnt doing deads..lol

[nsa]

Deadlifts work almost your entire back. But primarily it hits your spinal erectors. Indirectly it hits your traps, lats, posterior serratus and maybe your rhomboids.

[IronReload04]

Deadlifts work almost your entire back. But primarily it hits your spinal erectors. Indirectly it hits your traps, lats, posterior serratus and maybe your rhomboids.

exactly. i did deads as my only back work on 2 occasions. both times, my middle back and rear delts and lats felt a little tender the next day. but of course my lower back felt liek it was hit the hardest