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Want a big, strong back? Well, with the right back workouts and
exercises, you can build one faster than you think.
Although many guys focus on building the “beach muscles” (every day is Chest Day), I think a big, thick, wide back is awesome.
It doesn’t come easily though. It takes a lot of proper training to really make it stand out.
In this article, I’m going to share with you my favorite back exercises and how I like to program my back workouts. If you follow my advice, and eat
properly, your back will grow in both size and strength.
So, let’s first look at the anatomy of the back so we can better understand what we’re trying to achieve with our training.
The Back Muscles We Want to Focus on BuildingThe four muscles that make up the bulk of the back, and that need to be well developed, are the trapezius, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi, and erector spinae.
Here’s how they look:
The Ultimate Back Workout: The Best Back Exercises fora Thick, Wide Back
By Michael Matthews on January 8th, 2014
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(The erector spinae aren’t shown on the above chart, but they are the lower back muscles that occupy the gray area at the bottom.)
There are a few smaller bundles of muscle that matter as well, such as the teres major and minor, and the infraspinatus. You can see them here:
Now, here’s the goal in terms of overall back development:
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Large, but not overdeveloped, traps that establish the upper back
Wide lats that extend low down the torso, creating that pleasing V-taper
Bulky rhomboids that create “valleys” when flexed
Clear development and separation in the teres muscles and infraspinatus
A thick, “Christmas tree” structure in the lower back
My back is a work in progress, but here’s what I’ve been able to achieve so far:
Unfortunately I don’t have any older “before” shots of my back (every day was Chest Day), but my back has come come very far in the last few years.
The breakthrough occurred when I changed my workouts to what I’m going to share with you in this a rticle.
So, let’s start with some basic principles of back training, and then we’ll get to the best back exercises and a sample back workout.
Back Training 101
Here are the two most common back training mistakes that I see:
Focusing on the wrong exercises (usually boiling down to focusing too much on the lats)
Focusing too much on high-rep training
The result is a weak-looking back that has a V-taper but nothing else–nothing to show for in the middle, and small erector spinae. Here’s a good
example of this type of back:
Crappy looking, but I bet he can do a lot of standing lat pushdowns.
A proper back workout trains the lats, but blasts the other major muscles. And fortunately the best back exercises do both–they build depth,thickness, and width.
There’s another very important point that needs to be made regarding back training:
Like all major muscle groups in the body, the back responds best to heavy, compound weightlifting.(Click here to tweet this!)
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Proper Deadlift by Mark Rippetoe
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Hex-Bar Deadlift by Jim Stoppani
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Back Exercises: Wide Grip Pull Ups
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Ronnie Coleman - Seated Cable Row
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What I want you to do over the next 8 weeks is perform the following back workout once every 5 – 7 days:
Deadlift: Warm up and 3 sets of 4 – 6 reps
Barbell Row: 3 sets of 4 – 6 reps
Chin-Ups or Wide-Grip Pullups: 3 sets of 4 – 6 reps (add weight if possible)
Optional (if you feel like you have some juice left): One-Arm Dumbbell Rows 3 sets of 4 – 6 reps
That’s it–just 9 – 12 heavy sets for your entire workout.
If you’re an advanced lifter, or you feel you have more in you at the end of the workout, you can do the final 3 sets, but don’t do more than that or you
will likely wind up overtrained at some point.
Once you hit the top of your rep range for one set, you move up in weight.For instance, if you get on the incline bench and push out 6 reps on your
first set, you add 5 pounds to each side of the bar for your next set and work with that weight until you can press it for 6 reps, and so forth.
Rest 2 – 3 minutes in between each set. This will give your muscles enough time to fully recoup their strength so you can give maximum effort each
set.
I guarantee you that if you combine that back workout with aproper nutrition plan, you will be very happy with the muscle growth and
strength progression.
This type of training is the core of my Bigger Leaner Stronger program, and I’ve had hundreds and hundreds of guys email me, ecstatic that they were
finally breaking through 1+ year plateaus with ease, gaining strength and size every week.
What do you think of my choices for back exercises? What are your favorite back
workouts? Let me know in the comments below!
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