This is what happens when a competitor doesn’t do heavy deadlifts and heavy rows:
wrong, nobody needs heavy deadlifts and heavy rows to build a premium IFBB pro thick back.
This is what will happen when a competitor does stupidly and repeatedly heavy deadlifts and heavy rows.
(just because everybody should be a warrior in the gym?)
Ultimately, the smartest guy when its comes to safe training is certainlly Phil Heath who had the most complete back.