Back Exercises
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Traps
Other Muscles Worked: Rear delts Biceps
Equipment: lat pulldown machine,or bands
Mechanics Type:Isolation
This is a great exercise to develop your upper back. Using a high pulley or lat pulldown machine, attach a triceps rope and pull towards the face/forehead. Make sure you squeeze your upper back towards the end of the movement and pull [...]
Scarecrows - Upper Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Traps, Rear Delts
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps
Equipment: Cable Machine
Mechanics Type:Isolation
Well developed rear delts will help to keep your shoulders balanced and help to prevent a lot of shoulder injuries and rotator cuff problems. Very often the front delts are strong from lots of pressing movements (bench presses, overhead presses, etc.) so they over [...]
Rear Delt Flys - Upper Back/Shoulder Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Upper Back
Other Muscles Worked: traps,biceps
Equipment: Dumbbells
Mechanics Type:Isolation
Well developed rear delts will help to keep your shoulders balanced and help to prevent a lot of shoulder injuries and rotator cuff problems. Very often the front delts are strong from lots of pressing movements (bench presses, overhead presses, etc.) so they over [...]
Seated Cable Rows - Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Back
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps, Grip, Forearms
Equipment: Cable Machine
Mechanics Type:Isolation
Normally this exercise starts with a handle that puts your grip in palms facing toward each other. Take hold of the two separate cable handles, place your feet firmly on the Block in front of you, let your arms extend all the way [...]
Barbell Rows - Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Back
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps, Traps, GRip
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type:Compound
A popular variation of rows is a bent-over barbell row, which is shown in Figures 1-2. You can perform bent-over rows by loading up a barbell with the desired amount of weight, grasping the bar with an overhand grip and about a shoulder-width space [...]
Chin ups - Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Back
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps, Traps, GRip
Equipment: Pull up bar
Mechanics Type:Compound
Pullups are one of the most beneficial overall muscle and strength developers. A single pullup is often one of the most difficult exercises. Many adults can remember how humiliated they felt in grade school, when they couldn’t do a single repetition. [...]
Dumbbell Rows - Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Lats
Other Muscles Worked:Biceps, Traps, Grip
Equipment: Dumbbells
Mechanics Type: Compound
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One-arm dumbbell rows personally are one of my favorite back exercises. And for a big thick back you need to use heavy dumbbells. But, if you have a tendency on each rep to get that old lawn mower started then [...]
Lay Back Chin Ups: Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Lats
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps, Middle Back
Equipment: Other
Mechanics Type: Compound
Tips: Many have dubbed this the single best lat exercise ever invented! This involves leaning back throughout the entire movement. In this variation, the lower portion of the chest should touch the bar. Begin by grasping the pull-up bar with an underhand grip, approximately [...]
Face Pulls: Upper Back Exercise
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Main Muscle Worked: Lats
Other Muscles Worked: Middle Back
Equipment: Machine
Mechanics Type: Compound
Tips: There are many options for stimulating the front and side delts, but it seems so many people can’t bring up their rear delts at the same speed. I have found an exercise called cable, rope, rear-delt rows which does. For some reason people use [...]
Chin Up Variations
Saturday, April 26th, 2008I once heard that chin ups are the squats of the upper body! This basically means that its and essential exercise for upper body development. It is also that best indicator for realtive strength capacity, and relative strength is the best indicator for speed. So do these if you want to be strong [...]
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