[QUOTE]Originally posted by johan
[B]Which lat exercises do you guys feel strenghten the lats in the best way for aiding the bench press??

Barbell, and Dumb Bell Rows, pulling to where you touch the chest/abs during the bench press. Other favorites are: chest supported & seated cable rows, and pull-up's (Make sure your upper body is paralell to the floor at the top).

And got any tipns on how I can involve the lats more in the bench press?

This is really a "feel" thing. Pull your shoulder blades together as hard as you can (I get cramps in my upper back on Dynamic BP day), keeping your elbows tucked, using the max legal width grip, lower the bar to your upper abs. Try it on when you go back to using a Dynamic Day, you should be able to feel it. This will make you faster as it keeps the tri's fresher, as they do not have to do all the work lowering the bar.

"I read a long time ago that it is good to train with just the barbel lying on the chest and tensing the lats so the barbel raises a bit and then gradualy increase weights when the lats get used to it."

I have never heard of that. Some folks do lat shrugs, where they use a Chest Supported Row and just flex the lats to move the weight.

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