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🔥TRY THIS FULL BACK WORKOUT💪
1) HORIZONTAL BACK ROW
✅ Exercise details
- Target muscles: The back in general
- Synergists: Latissimus Dorsi, Middle and Lower Trapezius, Rhomboids, Teres Major, Posterior Deltoid, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Brachialis, Brachioradialis, Pectoralis Major
- Dynamic stabilizers (not highlighted): Biceps Brachii, Long Head of Triceps Brachii
- Mechanics: Compound
- Force: Pull
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✅ Starting position
- Stand over a loaded barbell, with the bar lining up with your toes.
- Bend at the hips and a little at the knees and grasp the barbell with hands a little wider than shoulder width apart. Your back should be straight and close to horizontal (illustration needs correcting. Sorry!).
✅ Execution
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- Exhale as you pull the barbell up to your waist.
- Hold for a count of two and squeeze your back muscles.
- Inhale as you lower the barbell in a controlled manner until it nearly touches the floor.
- Repeat.
2) LAT PULL – NARROW
✅ Exercise details
- Target muscle: The back in general
- Synergists: Brachialis, Brachioradialis, Middle and Lower Trapezius, Major and Minor Rhomboids, Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major, Posterior Deltoid, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Sternal (Lower) Pectoralis Major
- Mechanics: Compound
- Force: Pull
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✅ Starting position
- Adjust the high row machine’s seat and chest pad for optimal comfort and range of motion.
- Sit in the machine, with your legs secured under the leg pads and your chest braced against the chest pad.
- Grasp the handles using a pronated (overhand) grip. Your arms should be fully extended and your shoulders should be stretched forward.
✅ Execution
- Exhale as you pull the handles backward until your elbows are behind you and your shoulders are pulled backward.
- Hold for a count of two and squeeze your back muscles.
- Inhale as you allow the handles to return to the starting position, with your shoulders stretched forward.
- Repeat.
3) BACK DECLINE ROW
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✅ Exercise details
- Target muscle: The back in general
- Synergists: Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major, Rhomboids, Middle and Lower Trapezius, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Posterior Deltoid, Sternal (Lower) Pectoralis Major, Brachialis, Brachioradialis
- Dynamic stabilizers (not highlighted): Biceps Brachii, Triceps Brachii (Long Head)
- Mechanics: Compound
- Force: Pull
✅ Starting position
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- Adjust the machine’s seat and chest pad for optimal comfort and range of motion.
- Sit on the machine.
- Position your chest against the front pad.
- Plant your feet firmly on the floor.
- Grasp the handles. Your arms and shoulders should be stretched forward.
✅ Execution
- Keeping your back straight, exhale as you pull one of the handles to the side of your waist.
- Hold for a count of two, stick out your chest, and squeeze your back muscles.
- Inhale as you slowly return the handle to the starting position.
- Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions.
- Repeat the exercise with your opposite arm.
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