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CSide Posts: 47 Joined: 2003/05/21	2003/08/10, 10:36 PM What would be a good workout for my back every week, right now i do one arm dumbell rows and t bar rows or whatever you call them 3-4 sets of targeted 15 reps, and once a week??
bowers Posts: 179 Joined: 2003/04/13	2003/08/10, 11:07 PM Well lets start simple db rows are good. How about Chins aka pull ups, pull downs, seated rows, bent over rows, good mornings (these are advanced make sure form is good), and last but certainly not least is the almighty deadlift. Good luck
steeveed Posts: 18 Joined: 2003/07/24	2003/08/11, 10:10 PM lol the almighty deadlift is the bench press of back workouts, i suggest u ditch the t bar rows for now and focus on strenghtening ur back with deadlifts and one arm and bent over rows a good workout would be as follows deadlifts bent over barbell rows one armed b rows good mornings if u have a chinup bar go for it, i bike to a soccer field and do the goal posts, probably not the greatest idea but eh
chiko Posts: 24 Joined: 2003/08/12	2003/08/12, 08:57 PM what kind of exercise is: 'good morning'.??? ============ Quoting from steeveed: good mornings ============= -------------- \'Play it loud while you workout!\'
CSide Posts: 47 Joined: 2003/05/21	2003/08/12, 11:45 PM good mornings are workouts/streches for your lower back.....steeveed, lol, i know how you feel bout the soccer field thing, believe it or not, i use a basketball goal rim for pullups sometimes, they are real hard to do on it because it bends, thats why i dotn use it a lot.....i need to get some time of bar..
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2003/08/13, 01:25 AM The very best exercise for the back is pull ups. It doesn't put your lower back in any danger or stress and it developpes a beeeeaauuutiful V-shaped back. It's one of the hardest exercises as well so don't give up if you can only do a couple. Do several sets instead and slowly build up your strength. -------------- - Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/08/13, 09:08 AM I would be very careful of using good mornings. More than one person I know has had serious injuries from this exercise. I would do chins. bent rows, deadlifts and pullups. I am sorry but I really feel these are all you really need. One armed rows seated rows tbar they are all good for a change up but make the chins, bent rows, and deadlifts your core group of exercise and really go at it hard and as heavy as you can you will see results.... -------------- Eat More, Drink More, and Lift Harder than you thought you could, welcome to Becoming!
richardjst Posts: 410 Joined: 2002/07/13	2003/08/13, 12:29 PM I would replace good mornings with st. leg dead lift it is the same motion but you low back isn't under the same stress since the weight is not on your back. -------------- If hard work and persistence were the keys to success, most people would opt to pick the lock.~Dick
Big-E Posts: 248 Joined: 2002/08/07	2006/09/24, 08:13 AM Well, after several years of working out I finally wrenched my lower back doing sitdown t-bar rows. I skipped back exercises the next week (well, I did pullups) and there was no more back pain. On my next leg day (2 weeks after hurting my back) squats were on my rountine. I finished them but about 30 sec after that my lower back was killin' me again about 90% of the pain I had the 1st time I wrenched it so I skipped straight leg deadlifts that were also slated for that day. Today is back day and there is no way I am doing anything but pullups. When it comes to my back I slowly raise the weights, I did nothing different than I have done for years.. I think I was up to 10x9x8 reps with the weight I used, and I hurt myself after the 2nd or 3rd rep. I was warmed up, I was using slow and good form. Should I 100% lay off any back/stressing exercise (I guess this will include squats, deadlifts etc.. DAMN)? Should I quit doing rows? Any idea how long I should heal? I felt fine after two weeks but I guess the squats told me that wasn't enough. This blows.