Back Exercises For Beginning Bodybuilders

Written by Rick Mitchell


From a bodybuilder's perspective one ofrepparttar most important body areas isrepparttar 113000 back. Not only can it be visually impressive but a strong back is essential for intensive training and day to day living. In bodybuilding you are aiming for three things with regard to developingrepparttar 113001 back muscles:

- Thickness ofrepparttar 113002 upper back (traps).

- Wide lats.

- Highly defined lower back (spinal erectors and lower lats).

As a beginner there are five essential exercises for developing these muscles quickly:

1. Dumbbell shrugs - 3 sets of 10-15 reps. This exercise will developrepparttar 113003 traps.

2. Seated V-bar cable rows - 3 sets of 10-15 reps. This exercise will developrepparttar 113004 mid upper back.

3. Bent over barbell rows - 3 sets of 10-15 reps. This exercise will add thickness torepparttar 113005 upper back.

Increase Your Training Intensity - Forced Repetitions

Written by Rick Mitchell


You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with exercise duration as maximum training intensity will actually shortenrepparttar time needed to achieve maximal muscular growth.

In an earlier article I outlinedrepparttar 112999 ways in which you can intensify your training. Here we'll focus onrepparttar 113000 role that forced repetitions have to play in intensifyingrepparttar 113001 training effect.

When you reachrepparttar 113002 point of muscular failure it is impossible to manage one more complete repetition of any exercise, at least not without losing form or correct technique. There is, however, one way in which you can increaserepparttar 113003 intensity even further and that is by completing one or more forced repetitions withrepparttar 113004 help of an experienced training partner.

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