Secret to back width? Rear delts!

[FartJohnson]

I feel like they make you look wider by pushing the medial delts out a bit. Idk, maybe just my imagination.

Rear delt flies on an incline bench, high reps ~20, with lots of partials, work best for me

 

[gradeaphysique]

In order to look as wide as possible you need to maximize multiple areas including rear/side delts and lats etc whilst keeping your waist small. Often I see guys putting on size on those key areas but due to neglecting other areas combined with eating a subpar diet (and their genetics) for every inch they put on in the right areas they add 2-3 onto their waist so it throws everything off. The best thing the majority of lifters could do to appear wider is tighten up their waist because it makes a huge difference. Obviously this is when topless but in clothes you simply need to maximize back width and delt growth whilst keeping your waist controlled to appear as wide as possible. Hammer your side laterals (heavy and lighter weight), rows (various grips) and rear delt flyes for ultimate wideness.

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This is bodybuilding. A culmination of muscular development, proportion and symmetry. Love your comment. Everybody's journey towards an x frame is unique. Some may need to go about it in a Jay Cutler manner. I think about his dichotomy all the time, especially when training my core. It's the awareness of what muscles are developed in ratio to the ones that are under developed.

Planning volume and training cycles as a whole is greatly underlooked. We just hear guys cry the obvious in "genetics"