Category Archive for "Back"

Deadlifts and lower back pain. Lower back pain and deadlifts. For many lifters, these two things seem to go hand in hand. Because the deadlift is such a technically complex exercise and allows you to handle very heavy weights, it…

They’ve been considered a “must have” exercise in bodybuilding routines for decades… In fact, some lifters will even go as far as to say that you can’t build a truly great physique without them. But is the basic conventional deadlift…

Building a thick, muscular back that really stands out is often quite a challenge for natural trainees. It’s a set of muscles that can be tough to develop a strong “mind-muscle connection” to without allowing the biceps and forearms to take…

A well-rounded muscle building workout plan isn’t complete without a basic horizontal pulling movement thrown into the mix. Free weight rowing exercises are a great way to build up the size and strength of the lats and mid-back, as well as providing secondary…

There’s a reason why most lifters in the gym tend to have under-developed lats in comparison to the rest of their upper body… Aside from the basic issue of imbalanced workout programming, the lats are also the most challenging muscle…

When it comes to free weight rowing exercise for the back, standard bent over barbell rows and dumbbell rows are the typical “go to” movements for most lifters. These basic foundational lifts are certainly a great way to stimulate the…

Just as I’ve suggested to use cables for bicep curls, I also highly recommend trying standing cable pullovers to effectively train your lats. You won’t see these being performed in the gym very often nowadays, but a basic lat pullover…

Good old fashioned pull ups are the oldest and most widely used back exercise known to man and are a highly effective means of stimulating size and strength gains in the lats for a wider and thicker back. There doesn’t…

When it comes to targeting the lat muscles for overall back width and thickness, a combination of pulls ups, pulldowns, and rows is the standard approach for nearly all trainees out there. While these are all great movements that allow…

When it comes to isolating the upper traps for overall gains in upper back thickness, basic shrugs have always been the go to exercise for most lifters out there. These can be performed using barbells, dumbbells or cables and are…