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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: Roger Bacon on August 14, 2013, 03:11:08 PM
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I've noticed that I've finally achieved some width, but the middle of my back is far from impressive. As I lean out it's looking better and better though.
What's the best way to beef up the middle back? I'm hitting traps hard.
Should I try to focus on close grip stuff?
T bar rows?
Any tips?
My far outer lats, and what I think is the teres area dwarf everything else for some reason. What would cause that? Too much wide grip?
???
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deads/rows
recently i've been doing machine t-bar rows (medium wide grip overhand) with an extra stretch on the eccentric and these mofos hit my back really hard :o Amazing what a little extra ROM can do, never felt my back work like this before with any other exercise, especially my middle back.
Regarding grips, I've found that wider grip hits my middle back whereas close grip hits the lats more. Another interesting exercise is the horizontal shrug. You set up like in a seated cable row, but instead of rowing to your chest you just shrug your shoulder blades back.
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deads/rows
recently i've been doing machine t-bar rows (medium wide grip overhand) with an extra stretch on the eccentric and these mofos hit my back really hard :o Amazing what a little extra ROM can do, never felt my back work like this before with any other exercise, especially my middle back.
Regarding grips, I've found that wider grip hits my middle back whereas close grip hits the lats more. Another interesting exercise is the horizontal shrug. You set up like in a seated cable row, but instead of rowing to your chest you just shrug your shoulder blades back.
Thank you sir!!! Very much appreciated, exactly the kind of advice I was looking for!!!!!!!!!
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Incline dumbell row's are great for middle back thickness. T-bar rows on a machine or old school barbell are great also. Seated cable row's also are a great exercise for thickness. One thing you might notice is that guys who only use lat pull downs and never do pull ups have wide lats but not much development in the back this also depends on genetics.