*Best Mass-Builder For BACK?*

[BBBodie]

I'm with Canadian Oak......Deads for lower, and TBar for upper, I've been on a mission for width the last few months and have added at least 3" to my lat width overall, with heavy tbars (180# drop sets)....I'm looking forward to breaking my 200# mark as I know it'll be worth it.

I always finish back day with Lat Pulldowns after I'm wasted as it tweaks upper and lower and tie-ins.....so it's dropsets from the most the rack has (about 200# at our gym) dropping 20% each time running to failure and doing 3 forced reps each time.

 

[ExtraMile]

deadlifts, chins and pullovers are my favourites for back. Im not really sure what gave me my lat width though as I havnt really had a staple pulldown or row movement. The only exercise I have done since I started was deads. I think also stretching the lats before and after workouts and also practising spreading the lats has helped my spread too.

on a second note, who keeps bringing all these old polls back by voting on them?

 

[C.K.]

^^^I dont see any...

Chins and bent over rows in that order cuz if you cant do chins your outta shape!

 

[artificialaspirations]

deadlifts. Rack pulls should be on the list.

 

[rahl]

My favorite has always been chins. Hands down. I've been doing a lot of T-Bar lately though and I'm really liking what I'm seeing from that.

 

[future]

Reverse or neutral grip rows or pulldowns.

 

[needmassnow]

When you guys say "chins", do you mean Chin-ups (i.e. palms facing towards you)? I thought they worked your bicep muscles more than anything, and I thought that pullups (i.e. palms facing away) worked your shoulders and back. Please correct me if I'm wrong, as "chins" seems to be the favored exercise for back.

 

[C.K.]

When you guys say "chins", do you mean Chin-ups (i.e. palms facing towards you)? I thought they worked your bicep muscles more than anything, and I thought that pullups (i.e. palms facing away) worked your shoulders and back. Please correct me if I'm wrong, as "chins" seems to be the favored exercise for back.

Thats a girl chin up lol... wide grip palms out!

 

[needmassnow]

Thats a girl chin up lol... wide grip palms out!

Holy sh*t thats hard!

 

[SouthernLord]

deadlifts. Rack pulls should be on the list.

Add BB rows from the floor, Db rows, and chins/pull ups to DL/Rack pulls. I personally don't need anything more than these. Then again I am far from being advanced.

Deadlifts are the best of the bunch imo.