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Upper back
For a balanced physique, a well developed upper back is a must. Working your upper back will widen your upper profile, which is great not only for guys who want to look more muscular, but also for women who want to balance out their pear shaped silhouette.
In addition, the upper back is used in a whole variety of sports and activities, from tennis to golf, swimming to carrying small children! Keeping it strong will thus help you in just about everything you do on a daily basis.
Fortunately, working the upper back is easy - there are a whole variety of exercises that strengthen and develop this area, so it's possible to constantly challenge your muscles to grown and respond.
- Shrugs (barbell, dumb bell, cable)
- Close grip upright row (cable, barbell, dumb bell)
- Cable rows (several variations)
- One arm dumb bell rows
- Lat pull downs (wide or narrow grip)
- Pull-ups (various hand positions)
- Bent over row (numerous variations)
- Lying bench pull
- Bench row
With this many exercise to choose from you can always find something different, whether your preference is machines, barbell, dumb bells or cable exercises. You can work the trapezius (the muscles at the top), the latissimus dorsi (lats) which give width to your physique, or the rhomboids, which are the muscles in the middle.
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