Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Lat Roll
Side-lying roller under armpit; sweep upper lat toward ribs.
Muscles
- Primary
- lats
- Supporting
- teres major, teres minor
Mechanics
- Pattern
- soft tissue prep
- Equipment
- foam roller
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Lat pressure runs from armpit to low ribs without shoulder pinch.
- Progression
- Add one slow overhead reach after each pressure pass.
- Regression
- Bend knees and keep more weight through the opposite hand.
Watch for
- Rolling too fast
- Cranking the shoulder into end range
Substitutions
- Supine lat stretch
- Hanging lat stretch
- Child's pose lat reach