Killer Back Workout
November 14th, 2006
For a few weeks now I’ve changed my back workout a bit. I have switched my lower back to my leg day, giving me an entire workout session devoted to my upper and mid back.
To start I do 5 sets of Bar Back Rows.
I move onto the utility bench after that, 5-6 sets of incline dumb bell shrugs. I love this move, it hits the mid back in a way no other movement has done before.
Next up incline dumb bell row for about 5 sets. This really feels like it hits the back much better than a standard dumb bell row. Using both arms at once, laying on the bench you really can’t move or cheat but with your arms and back the way it was meant to.
I then move onto standard dumb bell rows, a good 2-4 sets depending on the day.
Next up I go to the lat pull down machine, 4 sets is normal, today I only got 3 in because of my continued shoulder pain.
To finish it off 6 sets of mid grip pull downs, again a new move I worked in that hits the back extremely well.
I may work some other dumb bell movements and or bar bell work into the mix on my back days, the above however is the core of my upper/mid back routine. So far I have been making great gains, my back is getting much stronger and is much better defined than it was just 2 months ago!


November 17, 2006 @ 10:55 am
ferret77 said,
don’t you feel like you are humping the bench doing the inclined dumbell row?
November 17, 2006 @ 11:11 am
Grim said,
lol, yeah a bit perhaps. The incline back shrugs are worse yet though. :p
November 18, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
ferret77 said,
I am always looking for other back excercises, because I can’t really do cable rows or pullups anymore
I thought I could again, but today after 4 sets up pullup and 4 sets of pull downs, my right elbow is in pain.
bent over dumbell rows give me a stiff neck, and bent of barbell rows just feel terrible, unatural or something
November 19, 2006 @ 12:45 am
Grim said,
You use a utility bench for the DB rows?
Barbell rows are funky, you could try using a smith machine for them.