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[muscledog95]

Has any of you ever developed a good upper back (lats,rombriods,traps) with deadlifts only?

 

[Screwball]

Absolutely! Deads are all you need to build a big back.

 

[muscledog95]

Is that all u do screwball?

 

[slinky]

It's all I did for months. Primary reason was to work on that all-important form; however, after those months of hard work, I saw what it did to my back. After a few months of just deadlifting, I began to incorporate all the assistant exercises such as good mornings.

Result? Not only a thicker, more developed back, but stronger more functional.

 

[phatman42]

Went for a year pretty much only doing squats and deadlifts (didn't like any other lifts) put on a lot of meat on both upper and lower body

 

[JollyRogers]

at first its #%#$%^$# great to do only deads yay numo uno 1


ok


but

later


u should do rows and T-bar and GM's everything works but nothing works forever..ok deads do, but you should try these after deads or at least one of them

 

[muscledog95]

my back strength wise has gotten no where but i havent done deads for a very long time. So i think im going to start hitting the deadlift hard

 

[Creepusmaximus]

Rows some chins would nice to throw in.

 

[WalkingBeast]

Deadlifts and barbell rows seem to have added major thickness to my back Can definately see it in the double biceps pose from the rear Compared pics after about 5 months..... Atleast it seems so Cuz deads have been the meat of my back routine. Hope that helps

 

[satchboogie]

with the different variations of the deads, you can build a solid lower and upper back.

no need for more exercises although the rows and pulldowns can help.