lats

lat

Short for "latissimus dorsi," either of the two large, broad muscles that cover each half of the back. Typically referenced together as a plural. I need to work on my lats when I go to the gym. I've got this weird pain in the lat on my right side.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lats

(læts)
n. the latissimus dorsi; the muscles of the back. (Bodybuilding.) Your lats are coming along fine. Now let’s start working on your delts.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • lat
  • pec
  • pecks
  • Pécs
  • pects
  • battleship
  • gunboat
  • gunboats
  • battleships
  • a lot
References in periodicals archive
Despite finding the LATs in this section to be useful as classroom teaching, learning, and assessment tools, I do not see their direct connection to caring.
Estonia joined the eurozone in 2011 and Lithuania aims to become a member in 2015.Latvians however remain sharply divided in their sentiments about adopting the euro, many viewing giving up the lat as loss of independence.
The findings come from interviews with 572 randomly selected people in LAT relationships, followed by 50 semi-structured interviews about people's experiences and 16 in-depth biographical, life history interviews.
Through 1994 and the spring of 1995, some banks (e.g., Baltija) faced a dilemma; assets were held in dollars while liabilities (e.g., deposits) were in lats, and the lat was continuing to appreciate against the dollar.
"First, it enables us to combine the considerable and complementary strengths of TMS and LATS into an efficient and effective organization whose components can focus on our key market segments -- domestic and international syndication and new media.
In any multi-joint movement for the upper back, such as a lat pulldown or a seated row, the lifter will quickly notice that the biceps and forearms have worked much harder than the upper back.
John McMeel, chairman and president of Andrews McMeel Universal, said TMS and LATS are both strong syndicates, but a merger of the two doesn't alarm him.
The bulk of Latvenergo income on external markets came from Lithuania at 67.1 million lats, followed by Estonia at 23.7 million lats, and Norway at 4.6 million lats.
10, the Revenue Service was to decide on Kekava's further existence and debt in the amount of 1.7 million lats (2.4 million euros); the fate of its 600 employees will also be at stake, the company's executive director Aldis Skutans said, reports Nozare.lv.
Dan O'Toole, who joined LATS in 1983, will be regional executive for the West while continuing to do special-section and one-shot sales.
Residents will have to declare properties worth over 10,000 lats (14,200 euros), as well as company shares, other assets, and cash savings worth more than 10,000 lats.
"It is clear that the future of syndication is changing rapidly, impelling us to shift emphasis and power up for growth into expanding digital markets and the derivative new businesses they encompass," LATS president/CEO Jesse Levine said in a statement.
In 2011, Latvia paid 94.1 million lats (134.4 million euros) in interest on the international loan money, said the Finance Ministry, reports LETA.