Best Back Exercises

By Richard Daniels


Between free weights and the machines there is really quite a lot that you can do to get thickness and width to your back. Be extremely careful with your back and consistently put on a belt when you are raising heavy weights, are bending over or a twisting your waist.

Asking around among pros we kept coming up with these five main workouts, so we will explain them right here as well as clarify the best ways to obtain and keep perfect form for optimum muscle gain.

Reverse Grip Pull-down.

This is a great one for a warm up exercise. Ensure your seat is readjusted so that your upper legs are completely parallel to the ground and you have a ninety degree angle behind your knees. Grab the bar and sit down. When you pull the bar down, focus all your attention on your shoulder blades and how they are coming together. Bring the bar to upper chest height and hold for a second or 2.

Barbell Row

Barbell rows are not to be confused with Yates rows, where your upper body is inclined at a 50 degree angle and you are utilizing an underhand grip. To do correct rows, your upper body must be bent forward so that it is parallel to the ground.

Have the barbell on the floor on front of you. Your feet are just over shoulder-width apart. Grab the barbell from above as if you were doing barbell bench presses. Pull up concentrating your attention on your elbows and shoulder blades. Keep your head down otherwise your upper body will start rising under the strain. The barbell must touch your chest then go back to the floor. 4 sets of ten reps deliver an excellent workout.

One Arm Dumbbell Row

The one arm free weight row is a little tougher to do than the barbell row because you need to learn the specific arm movement since you will tend to turn your upper body and lean the weight on the supporting leg and arm.

When doing this particular exercise, you should be careful and straighten out your back and not have it curved or rounded. Likewise, you should be totally focused on your shoulder blade retracting and depressing whilst your elbow stays close to your body. Do not take your elbow "out and up" as if you needed to shoot off an arrow.

Hammer Strength Seated Row

Readjust your seat so that your hands are shoulder height in the begining position. Press your shoulders together at the top of each motion.

Seated Cable Row

Despite the fact that we have put this exercise at the end of the short article, it can be great to for warm-up too. This is a full back exercise that works deltoids, lats, traps, lower arm flexors and arms. Appreciate the complete back stretch that you get at the end of each movement. Just like all the other rows, try to focus on your back muscles and squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top of the motion. When you release, do this in a managed and really slow way, contrasting the weight as much as possible.

No matter what your routine is, if you incorporate these five back muscle "musts" you will see the difference!




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