Here's a sample upper back routine for a bodybuilder:
1. **Barbell Deadlifts:** Start your routine with deadlifts. This compound exercise engages multiple muscle groups, including the upper back. Perform 3-4 sets of 6-8 reps, focusing on form and maintaining a strong, neutral spine.
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Get a physique that is extremely muscular and has massive trapezius muscles. The top and middle of your back are where the trapezius muscles, or traps, are located. This three-part muscle extends from the middle of your spine to the base of your head. Your back will get bigger and more defined...
Two-Handed Landmine Press – Secure one end of a barbell in a corner or on a landmine base. This version allows heavily loaded progressive shoulder training and doubles as a chest training tool.
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1. Grasp the bar symmetrically with both hands.
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2. Press your palms together and the weight...
Sometimes we need to dive into anatomy books to figure out how to best isolate certain muscles. This case is no different. Many people have a hard time feeling their lateral delts during lateral raises and also feel like their traps are overpowering the movement. The traps don’t play a direct...
This one simple cue can change the way you feel every single pull down.
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All you have to do is learn how to lock down your mid-back. This is achieved by depressing and retracting the shoulder blades. This will make your late work harder to complete the pull down. Traditionally, you would begin...
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Bigger Traps? I got you.
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I call this one the “ upside down DB shrug”. Does it have a different name? Until someone says otherwise or knows something cooler we will roll with this.
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This is not an easy exercise but if you can master it, it will benefit all other direct trapezius exercises due...
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