Back Gains

[CANADIAN_COPPER]

I Have To Admit The Worst Muscle Group For Me Is The Back!!! I Hate Workin My Back!!! Is It Just Me Or Does Everything Else Hurt Beofre The Back Does While Workin It Out???
Is It Normal Not To Feel Anything On Your Back Like Ya Feel That Big Pump On The Biceps???

Any Tips On A Good Back Blast Set???
Tx

[JonnyO]

If your not feeling your back when training it your not doing it right. Your arms and hands are just clutches, pull the weight with your lats and squeeze. Drop the weight for a while and practice your form. My arms barely get a pump now that I learned to train back properly.

[St]

JonnyO gave you great advice.Also when doing your back it like your elbowing someone,or rowing.What makes it hard is the fact that you can't see your back when your training it,it's all mine and body training.

[ergie]

If your not already doing so, deadlift........ also, concentrate on the muscle mind connection

[gustavo77]

If your not already doing so, deadlift........ also, concentrate on the muscle mind connection

Bump...mind-muscle connection is imperative for back. Also for almost all back exercises i do not grip the bar with my thumb, i keep my thumb on the outside of the bar, I merely use my hands as hooks and this really makes a difference in taking your forarms and biceps out of the movement. Also stretch lats on the negative of the movement and contract your shoulder blades together on the positive. For pull-downs, pull-ups and some rowing movements arch your back during the contraction of the movement.

[bigdaddydrew123]

k ilike lifting straps for back it keeps your arms out of pulling you can concentrte more on back

[Houstonbc]

squeeze those reps your lats should be fluffed right out by the time your done! oh yeah deadlift!!!!

[L.W.]

All good advice.
Also on chins and pulldowns keep your thumb on the same side of teh bar as your fingers....use a false grip to minimize bicep involvement. Try doing pullovers first to pre-ex the lats.

On pulldowns you can also do a Charles Glass technique of remainig totally upright and pulling your elbows forward slightly. Use less weight, but its a technique Gunter did to improve his back and give it more of a hanging look. Targets the length of the lat more then the center of the back.

[L.W.]

...and deadlift!

[Mr.Freeze]

and rowing!

[TeamT3]

...and weider confusion principle; what? Too confusing?

[waderow]

sound advise by all. Deadlifts, bent over barbell rows, and concentrate on the pull downs using lats to pull the bar. You will feel it. If you can;t, then quit being a show boat and lower the weight. Its not a fashion show, you're body building.

[waderow]

oh ya, and front grip pull downs. and on all pull downs, no swinging the torso.

[Gib]

I love using dumbells for bent rows - also when you pull back, really focus on squeezing your shoulder blades together - imagine you are pinching something between your scapula (scapulae??).

[Mr Ontario]

Doggie style with one of my girlfreinds 2x a week does it for me. Just make sure you hold and thrust for a second while doing so...does wonders for the lower back. :)

[bigdaddydrew123]

Doggie style with one of my girlfreinds 2x a week does it for me. Just make sure you hold and thrust for a second while doing so...does wonders for the lower back. :)
does it have to be with one of your girfriends , cause that routine sounds great.

[Mr Ontario]

I have to personal train most of them..to get the routine is down pat and to get the desired affect. :)


does it have to be with one of your girfriends , cause that routine sounds great.

[bigdaddydrew123]

so 4 minutes a week does it eh! beats the hell outa my training partner i must admit

[SteveMan]

All good advice.
Also on chins and pulldowns keep your thumb on the same side of teh bar as your fingers....use a false grip to minimize bicep involvement. Try doing pullovers first to pre-ex the lats.

On pulldowns you can also do a Charles Glass technique of remainig totally upright and pulling your elbows forward slightly. Use less weight, but its a technique Gunter did to improve his back and give it more of a hanging look. Targets the length of the lat more then the center of the back.

Yeah I was using that Technique for a while, it is much much harder but you do feel it in your lower lats. For some reason though I don't get sore from doing it that way, only from doing really heavy sets using straps and leaning my back away on an angle slightly while pulling down... that classic form I suppose.

Didn't Charles Glass train Flex Wheeler?

[Musclehead]

Arch your back