Tip: Double Barrel Rows for a Bigger Back
Build your back with this strategy you've probably never tried before.
August 12
Tip: The 10-10-10 Method for a Muscular Back
Ramp up your seated row with this painful but effective workout.
August 9
Tip: Build Your Back with Iso-Lateral Pulldowns
Here's a new twist on pulldowns. Pair this exercise with the 5 x 5 method. Here's how.
August 3
Tip: Suspension Straps One-Arm Row
A back exercise. A core strength exercise. A much-tougher-than-it-looks exercise. Try it!
4 Exercises for Real Posture Improvement
Most postural correction movements are missing the big picture. Here's what will really fix your posture fast.
July 31
Back Is The New Glutes
Sure, a big butt is all the rage right now, but a thick female back is hot, and any woman can build herself one. Here's how.
July 14
Tip: Your Chin-Up is Weak and Ugly. Let’s Fix It.
Are you swinging back and forth? Are you struggling to get even a couple of good reps? Here's what to do.
July 12
Tip: Single-Arm Barbell Row with Band
Stimulate new back growth by changing the angle. Use a Landmine device (or place a bar in a corner). Attach a band for a more intense peak contraction.
July 11
Tip: The Compound Row
A great back exercise, especially for athletes.
July 3
Tip: Bentover Row With Band
Do this warm-up before any upper body workout to prime your body for heavy lifting.
June 29
Tip: An Unconventional Way to Improve Your Pull-Ups
Do more pull-ups and do them with more weight strapped to your body. How? Use this cool training method.
June 27
Tip: What All Strong Athletes Have in Common
Strengthen this muscle group and you'll get stronger at damn near everything.
June 24
Tip: The Misunderstood Pulldown
Are behind-the-neck pulldowns really the devil? Well, not quite. Here's why.
June 19
Tip: Heavy Renegade Row
Test your strength and stability by trying these with bodyweight. Example: A 200 pound man should be able to use a 100 pound dumbbell in each hand.
June 17
Tip: Inverted Row Burnout Set
Add some weight and rest-pause style reps to your inverted rows to make this so-called sissy exercise into a real back builder.
June 14
Tip: A Back Builder You’ve Never Tried
This is brutal, and you actually do it as part of your warm-up. Take a look.
June 10
Tip: Seated Cable Rows with Iso Holds
Do an isometric hold every third rep or so to produce greater muscle activation and stimulate size gains.
June 3
Tip: Cable/TRX Reverse Flye
Add a suspension trainer attachment to the cable machine to hit your back and rear delts in a new way.
June 2
Tip: Standing Rotational Rope Row, Unilateral
Pittsburg Pirates outfielder, Austin Meadows, demonstrates this variation of the rope row. Note the hand rotation for more activation of the lats and upper back.
June 1
Tip: The Low-Pulley Face Pull
Go light, be meticulous with your form, and focus on contracting all the small muscles working in your upper back and shoulders.