Front to back thickness

[Coffeeanimal]

In order to achieve that front to back thickness, would you say powerlifting will be the best? Staying heavy loads with 3 to 5 rep range. Im looking for more density and overall back thickness. So heavy rack pulls, deadlifts, squats, bunch and military press will b my foundation excercises.

Training over 15 years. More hypertrophy style. Would like to try some powerlifting for that thick dense look.

 

[Pepe Le-r3]

If size is what you are looking for, like thickness, bodybuilding rep ranges are ideal. Try for a pump, with a mixture of compound and isolation exercises. Don't give up the power training, just switch between the two (ie a heavy pull day monday with a bodybuilding style pull day on thursday and a heavy push day tuesday with a bodybuilding push day friday). Don't criticize the example, it was just used to get the point across.

 

[H_T_]

Squats, DL's, bb rows, ohp's. If you have energy for benching and dips and arms, you're not lifting enough. You can't have a real thick back and have spindly little legs and glutes.

 

[Coffeeanimal]

If size is what you are looking for, like thickness, bodybuilding rep ranges are ideal. Try for a pump, with a mixture of compound and isolation exercises. Don't give up the power training, just switch between the two (ie a heavy pull day monday with a bodybuilding style pull day on thursday and a heavy push day tuesday with a bodybuilding push day friday). Don't criticize the example, it was just used to get the point across.

I like that idea....2 push and 2 pull workouts a week. Heavy power lifting push workout, rest followed later in week with push bodybuilding workout, and so on for pull......sounds like a nice change up and get both types of training in per week!