Back

Q: I understand about back width, but I don’t understand about back thickness and how I go about developing it. Can...

This month I address another popular chest exercise, the incline press. As you know, the incline press is typically performed with...

By “low-back aches” I’m not referring to an acute injury with severe back pain or low-back pain coupled with pain traveling...

Q. Which are better, regular back extensions or those performed on an incline back-extension bench? And can either of them take...

Q: What do you think about using kettlebell swings as a warmup for the lower back? I’ve had an issue with...

Exactly three years before Branch Warren won the ’11 Arnold Classic, I was sitting in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus,...

You have a variety of rows to choose from when you train. Historically, they began with the barbell bent-over row. That...

Q: I’m looking for a good chest and back workout that will give me a great pump. Any suggestions? A: I...

When performing back extensions, extend your trunk no higher than parallel to the floor. To increase resistance, place a loaded barbell...

Q: My back is my weak point. What did you do to get your back to grow? A: My back was...

Aside from legs, which many guys either don’t train at all—crazy but true—or don’t train as hard as the “show muscles”...

Q: When it comes to deadlifts and back development I am confused as to which form is better: partial deads in...

A more serious injury that I have seen with this exercise more than any other move is disk protrusion, or herniation,...

At the Poliquin Strength Institute in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, I have two power racks and two lifting platforms. To me...

Proper technique is crucial if you want full lat development, and I see so many trainees missing the boat on this...