LOL not almighty but getting there LOL
One thing I would like that deads give you are those big, strong erectors. Man those really help in the back shots and for core strength.
I feel exercises like BB bent rows and t-bar rows help that area some too but probally not like DL. You mentioned those exercises in your prior post. I always feel that my back training is not complete unless I do one of those 2. But sometimes will cable row, DB row (a really good move IMO) machine row or what ever. But my core back work out is pullups and BB bent rows in that order. always get sore from them.
For me typically on back day I will alternate a pull up type move with a rowing move. Like this, pull ups 4 sets, BB rows 4 sets, some other kind of pull down type move 4 sets. some type row 4 sets. I do also like to do DB pullovers for my lats and serratus sometimes.
See the thing is I have trained back pretty heavy over the years and have a pretty good feel for my lats working. But I'm not fully happy with the results. I'm thinking back training is not all about the #'s and have been trying as of late to feel and contract the muscle as much as I can. Still use as much weight as I can while feeling it. Guess we will see how that works for a while. Thats the fun of BB trying new things and seeing how they workout.
That very well may work well for you. I'll throw this out there though for food for thought. A guy I used to train with who's been competing seriously for the last 10+yrs made a mistake of "lowering the weight." True, you should always have good enough control and be able to feel the muscle working but there has to be some cut off point as where you're not going as heavy as you should. Case in point, this guy I mentioned started purposely lowering his weights used on all exercises so as to get a better feel...at least that was the idea. It's not like his form was ever sloppy with the heavier weight either, so it was a pointless drop in weight IMO. Needless to say, his back and legs suffered a great deal of size loss over the past year...no suprise to me.
Major problem was IMO, he was listening to the wrong person. A pro natural BB who in my opinion is full of more shit then any human I've ever known. They became big buddies and so he did whatever this guy told him to. When things started going south, the "Pro
" started making outrageous claims as to why it was happening. I won't bore you with detail but I'm sure you see what I mean. I would love to drop this guys name and see what you all think about him or if any of you have ever met him. But I guess I want, cause that would make me as bad as all the idiots on this board who I hate, lol! One thing that I always found funny though, I used to contradict everything he said, usually by the way of stuff Dave told me...I even had Dave reply to an email for him concerning some stuff and Dave shot his crap straight down, lol. Needless to say, this "Pro
" absolutely hates my guts...no love lost here either.
Last thing, suprise suprise another Dave tid bit, he's often said, never ever purposely lower the weight not for anything except bad form or injury.
Anyway, sorry for the long rant
BTW, did I mention I don't like the "pro
" in this little post?