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The Back consists of a number of interconnected, powerful muscles, like the latissimus dorsi, teres major, rhomboids and trapezius. While specific isolation exercises target each of these, creating a thick, massive back requires multijoint moves designed to hit all of these muscles. Pull-ups, lat pulldowns and cable rows are part of a complete back program, [...]

Still looking for that elusive "magical" exercise? You know, the one move that holds the key to building maximum muscle? As a beginner you probably spent time scouring muscle magazines and querying longtime gym rats, only to find a tremendous difference of opinion as to what works best. But if you were to ask champion bodybuilders and the world's top streng[...]

There's a scene in Pumping Iron where Arnold Schwarzenegger is checking out his back in a mirror at Gold's Gym. After visually certifying its jumbo-jet width with an over-the-shoulder glance, he turns around to let his buddy Ken Waller evaluate his rear double-biceps shot. "Looks like a road map back there fingers running all over it," Waller remarks. Clear[...]

Marc Lobliner is the President of Scivation, Inc. He is a Certified Personal Trainer with over ten years of experience in the Health and Fitness Industry including over four years with Weider Publications and was a co-founder of INSTONE, LLC. In addition, Marc is a National Level NPC Bodybuilder and a former world-class powerlifter. In this video Marc Lobl[...]

It's complicated. Combining ball-and-socket joints that allow maximum arm mobility, a ribbon of snaking bones and nerves that divide the region down the middle, and a phalanx of big and small muscles spread from your butt to your neck, your back is your most complex bodypart. So it's little wonder that many bodybuilders earn failing grades for training it. A[...]

Backs make bodybuilders. OK, that's a bit of an overstatement, but consider this: powerlifters, football players and wrestlers may possess colossal legs, arms and necks, but how many of them have attention-grabbing backs? Expansive "wings" seldom occur without regular doses of specialized exercises, so, outside of our subculture, they're as rare as abs are i[...]

For optimal back size and shape, is it better to do wide-grip pulldowns or reverse-grip pulldowns? We decided to find out. Here are some of the facts of the case. Wide-grip Pulldowns Take a wide-as-possible overhand grip on a lat bar attached to the high pulley of a lat pulldown station. Keep your chest up and your lower back arched as you pull the bar d[...]

I remember the first time I saw a bodybuilder when I was a young kid. Aside from the enormous size of the individual in question, the thing that stands out in my mind, more than anything else, was how wide he looked standing totally relaxed, with that impressive V-shape, super wide shoulder's and back, tapering down to a tight small waistline. I thought to m[...]

IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and Team BSN athlete Brandon Curry shows off some of his unconventional but effective back techniques. Troy Brewer also weighs in with workout tips.[...]