Your favorite back exercise ..

[aquaholic]

Just wondering what your favorite back exercise is.


just looking for some 'new' ideas ...

What are you currently doing?
and why?

 

[TestPolska]

My favorite movement that is purely back has gotta be heavy overhanded BB rows with reps kept in the 6-8 range. I like these because its a core excercise works the back all over in some way shape or form. As well its given me the best results as far as back thickness goes.

I'm also a big fan of DB pullovers I just love that strech in the lats it gives. Feels really nice at the tail end of a good back session.

 

[J-hoe]

deads because it's the biggest compound exercise you can do

 

[MAINEVENT]

Lately ive enjoyed Tbar rows and chin ups on a straight bar.

Others that i like:
seated Vbar cable rows
1 arm db rows
deadlifts
incline db rows
inverted rows

 

[Shelby]

chins
rows
deadlifts
squats

 

[james001]

My favorite is bent rows… I always go high reps with it – 15+

 

[LATS]

ONE ARMED DUMBELL ROW..

 

[StudHammer]

Reverse grip bent rows.

 

[sickboy]

I've really been into chins & barbell rows lately. I felt I was using the Hammer strength stuff at the gym to much and needed to get "back" to the basics.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Deadlifts. I hate every other back exercise (which is why my lats suck ). The heavier I go on anything besides deads, the more my forearms and biceps get involved in the process leaving me feeling like I didn't get a good workout. I should start going lighter for a while and work on my form, I know.

 

[aquaholic]

chins
rows
deadlifts
squats

what kind of rows?

 

[hotttsauce]

Lately ive enjoyed Tbar rows and chin ups on a straight bar.

Others that i like:
seated Vbar cable rows
1 arm db rows
deadlifts
incline db rows
inverted rows

Lately ive enjoyed Tbar rows and chin ups on a straight bar. <<<< I am not a fan of Chin ups anymore!

 

[aquaholic]

Lately ive enjoyed Tbar rows and chin ups on a straight bar. <<<< I am not a fan of Chin ups anymore!

Chin ups ... they're kinda HARD!!
So I'm not considering them as my first choice

 

[Shelby]

what kind of rows?

Bent over dumbbell rows, both arms at the same time. Like Phil does in this video, at about the 40 second point:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oKWaHgn5boc&mode=related&search=

 

[aquaholic]

Bent over dumbbell rows, both arms at the same time. Like Phil does in this video, at about the 40 second point:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oKWaHgn5boc&mode=related&search=

Thanks for that link -
I forgot that using a bar in a rack could be used for pull-ups. Looks less intimidating to me, closer to the ground!

Both arm rows. Now THAT is a challenge!
Good idea.

ps. unless i'm missing something, he wasn't doing rows - he was doing pullups?

 

[TooPowerful4u]

TBARS

I dont mean the machine. I mean stick a barbell in the corner, grab a close grip handle and cradle the bar and load up the other end. Use 25's they allow for a much better range of motion than the 45s. Keep your back arched and your shoulders back and pull to your upper abs. This allows for a complete contraction of the back. When all muscles of the back are being contracted you will feel a BIG difference, as it is a much stronger contraction.

 

[MAINEVENT]

Bent over dumbbell rows, both arms at the same time. Like Phil does in this video, at about the 40 second point:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oKWaHgn5boc&mode=related&search=

Thats how hottt and i have been doing them (straight bar chins in the smyth machine).

Aqua....at 40 seconds into the clip he's doing the 2 arm db row.

 

[bigman6665]

gotta love v-bar bent over rows ,.,, with emphasis on stretch at full range..

 

[aquaholic]

Thats how hottt and i have been doing them (straight bar chins in the smyth machine).

Aqua....at 40 seconds into the clip he's doing the 2 arm db row.

ah yes, i see it now. thanks!

 

[Shelby]

http://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23911