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Back overarch more commonly known as back hyperextension is probably the most common issue a trainer will see where the lifter either thinks he’s lifting the weight properly, or does nothing to fix what he knows is a problem. The main lifts in which this can be problematic are in the standing...

Don’t take this personally: but if you’re like the majority of people in the weightroom, your lats probably suck. Let’s not sugar coat it, it is what it is. When someone looks at you from the front and the back, oftentimes it’s like they’re seeing two different people. It’s too bad because it...

We go through many modifications to leg exercises, lower back exercises, shoulder exercises, and lat exercises for the sake of user-friendliness. It’s a smart thing to do when considering a lifter’s leverages, anthropometry, or contraindications. If you’re susceptible to injury, it’s worth...

Ukrainian bodybuilder Oleh Kryvyi is still riding high after topping the 212 division at the IFBB New York Pro and as he heads to Olympia, he’ll be pulling out all the stops in order to display one of the best backs in the business, and that means utilizing a great pull workout in the process...

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Many beginners and trainees look to bodybuilders and physique athletes for guidance on how to build their bodies in the most effective ways possible. One of their goals is to someday be that person who future iron rookies look to for advice on how to look like them. These four elite competitors...

Just as the bench press is the king of chest exercises, the barbell row is ruler of its domain for the lats and traps. With most other lat exercises you don’t directly fight gravity — a pulley eases the struggle on cable exercises. But with the barbell row, you can really load up on the weight...

A lot of people get caught up using multiple exercises to train the same muscle groups with the same movement patterns and this is horrible for maximizing yo...

In this exercise index video I will show you the trap bar row. Not many people do this but let me tell you it works like a charm. This exercise will get you ...

Jason Breeze / M+F Magazine With 5 million-plus followers on Instagram, it's safe to say that Kai Greene is one of the most recognizable pro bodybuilders of all time. The 44-year-old former competitor takes to social media all the time to share his personal keys to getting freaky huge, and his...

Deadlifts and back workout

EDGAR ARTIGA / M+F Magazine If your goal is to be classically built, you’ll have no choice but to attack your back with intensity, focus, and a meticulously designed program that will build the perfect combination of width, thickness, and separation. This means that each exercise must be...

The perfect back workout should consist of exercises for not just the lats and traps but other important muscles of the back as well. That said, even that do...

Per Bernal / M+F Magazine Pulling off incredible feats of human achievement is commonplace for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. His movies have grossed more than $3.4 billion in the U.S. alone; his social media presence is so overwhelming that a mere photo of his Flintstonian dinner on Instagram can...