Best over all back exercise???

[TC2]

I'm keepin it simple, what exercise do you think stimulates the overall back muscles the most???

 

[WarriorPL]

Bent-over rows

 

[PolishHammer1977]

sex when your pulling your lady up

total body pump

 

[Liftbig]

as t3c would say...

bicep curls.

 

[louden_swain]

To be honest. . . .it is hard to decide.

I think that deads off the rack, t-bar rows, and chins are all highly effective.

 

[t3c]

bicep curls.

 

[TC2]

My main area that need inprovement is my middle back. I've got great wingspan(gentic gift) and good traps but really lacking in the middle/upper back.

 

[louden_swain]

Really hit t-bar rows and deads off the rack. These exercises are excellent for adding thickness to the middle and upper back.

 

[TC2]

Really hit t-bar rows and deads off the rack. These exercises are excellent for adding thickness to the middle and upper back.

Thanks I'll try the t-bar rows and I've just started doing deadlifts but its too soon to tell anything yet.

 

[Exodus]

deadlifts of all variations work the back the best......... if i was just limited to one exercise would be is the deadlift. there is so many variations you can do that hit everything. try snatch grip deadlifts for your inner back problems.

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[SuperShredder]

id say dumbell rows. these things do wonders for my back.

 

[gmanlax7]

good shit i would always say pull ups but i am going to start hitting the tbar rows hard

 

[Atomic Punk]

There isn't a "one best", as far as exercises for back are concerned. There are just too many muscle groupings in the Back for only one lift to be considered the most effective. That being said, if I were in prison and had 30 minutes to get a rotuine in that day, I'd do Deads, assuming I could only get in that one lift, hypothetically(knock on wood). Reason being, is because Deads target the most muscles in the Back area of any other exercise. That does not mean it effectively targets them all though. Again, to get a decent back workout while doing extreme-minimal exercises, you would still need to add another lift to hit the lats more directly in my opinion, to top off the back routine. Pulls to the front, or reverse-grip pulls would be my choice, assuming I could only add that one additional exercise to the rotuine. Even though Deads RULE for Back, they don't target the lats as much as pulldowns(or other lifts) would. They are mainly a spinal erector lift, as far as the Back is concerned. Traps are included of course, as well as lower back in the erector category. Assuming by "middle-back" you meant the muscles running verically from Neck to Ass, then Deads are what you want to focus on brother. Hope that helped.

 

[spatts]

That's a tough call between deads, GMs, and heavy rows.

You know me...gonna have to go with deadlifts. You can widden the grip to hit the lats more if you want too.

 

[NWinters]

power cleans!!!!!! You got a deadlift and an upright row all in one move.

 

[TheOak84]

Deadlifts and and heavy rows (barbell, Db, hammer strenght)

i gained about 10 pound in one month just from adding deads to my routine. and a hell of alot of weight on my squat

 

[coolcolj]

power cleans!!!!!! You got a deadlift and an upright row all in one move.

 

[ToTall]

Dumbell rows, deadlift, pull ups.

 

[from zero]

Deads.

 

[AWILD]

If I had to pick one it'd be deads.

 

[ronin67]

Powercleans definitely.

 

[OreoPL]

i prefer strongman events for my back, but in the gym have to say gms have givin me the most deads a very very close second.