Back is an out-of-sight, out-of-mind muscle group for many people. Unlike the chest, shoulders, arms, and abs, it doesn’t easily catch your eye the way a biceps stretching out of a T-shirt sleeve or a ripped sixer does. Even more importantly, it can’t be scrutinized for weaknesses when you’re looking straight into a mirror. …
For many lifters, back training is a bit of an enigma. It is not as satisfying as a tough chest or shoulder workout, and often requires much more work to actually build an impressive back. That’s why on “back day,” gyms are usually full of lifters half-heartedly going through the motions: chin-ups, rows, hyperextensions, …
When Derina Wilson competed in the Fitness International at the March 2018 Arnold Sports Festival, she knew it would be her last time onstage for a while. The hottest rising star in her division, Wilson took sixth at the prestigious competition thanks to her fitness routine, a crowd-pleasing turn to Alicia Keys’ “Girl on …
Osamoje Imoohi, certified personal trainer and MusclePharm-sponsored athlete, is here to take you through his favorite exercises for building a big, strong back. “The objective of today’s workout is to build a wide and thick back,” explains Imoohi. “To do that, you’ll need to do a lot of reps, and a lot of sets.” …
Why does Meg Squats lift? Because it makes her strong—not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. “Because it makes me a badass,” she says. That sounds like a great reason to jump into her back workout. In just three moves, you’ll be hitting your middle back and your lats. If you’ve seen Meg’s squat …
There’s a reason those classic bodybuilding photos inspire you to keep cranking out reps: Everything they did in the gym worked! If an exercise was effective for building muscle 40 years ago, chances are it’ll build muscle now. I’m not saying you have to abandon all your new-fangled gym gadgets or fancy corrective exercises. …
A complete and powerful back isn’t just wide—it’s also thick and has detail that embodies strength and muscularity. Each of the following exercises builds mass throughout your back to give you the thickness and strength to match your width. Building mass is about making your muscles work harder, so use whatever assistance you need …
MuscleTech-sponsored athlete Abel Albonetti is coming at you again, and this time he’s after your back. As usual, he’s going at it with a vengeance so you can build some serious muscle. Over 60-90 minutes, you’ll suffer through some highly demanding double—and triple—dropsets, inter-set stretching, and supersets. Albonetti will have you making slight adjustments, …
Working out is fun when you’re a beginner. Before long, though, working out evolves into training, and training is not fun. In fact, done correctly, training is hard and uncomfortable and about as entertaining as getting kicked in the nuts. Sounds like back day, right? On this day of the week, you spend a …
Passion. What does it mean to you? What does it mean to your physique goals and to your everyday life? If you’re passionate about the work you put in at the gym, you’ve got to be passionate about the food you eat. Welcome back to Everyday Beast. I’m Rob Smith, and today we have …
The sheer number of exercises included in this back workout may appear intimidating at first glance. Pauline Nordin is well aware that it might elicit this feeling. “Don’t let this workout make you like, ‘Oh, it’s so many exercises,'” she says. “Because it goes fast. It’s going to be done in 40-45 minutes.” …
Gym2k.com Signature athlete Tanner Hobbs has a simple approach to fitness: Life is too precious not to feel confident in your own skin. As a successful online fitness coach, Hobbs is on a mission to help you build the body you want with simple, fun workouts that don’t require tons of time or extra equipment. […]
Fitness model and NLA For Her-sponsored athlete Lais DeLeon is going to help you build the arms you want, but not just by doing a few sets of curls and calling it quits. As DeLeon puts it, the goal of this workout is to build some guns, and to do that, you’ll need to include […]
Rarely does watching a 20-minute workout feel so captivating, but listening to IFBB pro Branch Warren discuss his training, his career, and what it takes to be on top is an experience any past, present, or future bodybuilder should have. This back workout is straightforward, but Warren’s approach makes it special. Never content to leave […]
If you are—or aspire to be—a physique competitor or bodybuilder, I don’t need to impress upon you how critical it is to have a well-developed back. As for the rest of you, I get that it may take some convincing. You don’t see your back when you’re looking in the mirror, and people don’t see […]
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]