What would yall say are the 5 best back exercises?

[im12whatisthis]

bent over rows
pull ups

and

the secret to a jacked back = heavy high rep rack pulls. My back exploded repping big weight and high reps on these (I cant deadlift any more due to injury). I sent the rack up so the bar sits in the middle of my knee, some people set it up higher and some just below the knee, the lower you go the more it becomes a traditional deadlift.

also some of those hammer strength machines work really well.

 

[Jesus]

Personally I don't like any free weight rows. Bent over/Pendlays, I feel like they put too much strain on the lower back. Dumbbell rows, too much room to cheat, and I feel like I don't get the full ROM I want. For me, weighted chins, seated cable rows, Hammer Strength behind the back rows, t bar rows and deads are where its at. I have a good mind/muscle connection w/my lats, so exercises that distract that connection = no good to me.

I feel you completely.

 

[Carolina Slim]

bent over rows
pull ups

and

the secret to a jacked back = heavy high rep rack pulls. My back exploded repping big weight and high reps on these (I cant deadlift any more due to injury). I sent the rack up so the bar sits in the middle of my knee, some people set it up higher and some just below the knee, the lower you go the more it becomes a traditional deadlift.

also some of those hammer strength machines work really well.

Which ones?

 

[Houston911]

Personally I don't like any free weight rows. Bent over/Pendlays, I feel like they put too much strain on the lower back. Dumbbell rows, too much room to cheat, and I feel like I don't get the full ROM I want. For me, weighted chins, seated cable rows, Hammer Strength behind the back rows, t bar rows and deads are where its at. I have a good mind/muscle connection w/my lats, so exercises that distract that connection = no good to me.

im the same way. i like pullups, but i prefer machines over bb/db rows

 

[50CentStan]

Pull Ups, bent over rows /thread

 

[Ohene]

all this time i was calling DB rows...Lawnmowers

 

[Ohene]

Personally I don't like any free weight rows. Bent over/Pendlays, I feel like they put too much strain on the lower back. Dumbbell rows, too much room to cheat, and I feel like I don't get the full ROM I want. For me, weighted chins, seated cable rows, Hammer Strength behind the back rows, t bar rows and deads are where its at. I have a good mind/muscle connection w/my lats, so exercises that distract that connection = no good to me.

Thought it was just me regarding freeweight rows.Same with chest flies...I cant get the form perfect. I feel like I aint doing it right so its limiting the weight I can lift.

 

[Jesus]

all this time i was calling DB rows...Lawnmowers

Same thing.

 

[klientel]

Back is the only muscle group I use machines on....

I can never hit that bytch right with DB/BB. Outside of deadlift everything else just feels like I wasting my time and should be on a machine

 

[hawaii]

chinups
pullups
pendlay rows
kroc rows
deadlifts/rack pulls

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

damn, that's crazy, I could've swore I was the only one that didn't like doing free weight rows


my back workout usually consists of:

seated v-bar cable rows
wide grip lat pulldown
pullups
inverted close grip pulldows
seated good mornings

I should definitely deadlift more, but I get lazy sometimes

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Thought it was just me regarding freeweight rows.Same with chest flies...I cant get the form perfect. I feel like I aint doing it right so its limiting the weight I can lift.

Yea I use the machine for chest rows too. Machine/cables put a more uniform force on your shyt through the range of motion.... freeweights, its like impossible to hold once your arms are out, and then there is literally no tension on your chest at the top of the motion....

Even chinups aren't that good for lats for me... I mean I am sure they help... but I do them more for arms. I get way more of that mind-muscle connection with machines. I was cable rowing 220x10 and still flexing+holding my lats at the peak of each rep

Every muscle is just different... gotta figure out what you like for each one

 

[Malta]

Personally I don't like any free weight rows. Bent over/Pendlays, I feel like they put too much strain on the lower back. Dumbbell rows, too much room to cheat, and I feel like I don't get the full ROM I want. For me, weighted chins, seated cable rows, Hammer Strength behind the back rows, t bar rows and deads are where its at. I have a good mind/muscle connection w/my lats, so exercises that distract that connection = no good to me.

Lying T-bar row is great and doesn't put much stress on your lower back, and inverted rows with your feet up on a bench are a nice warmup too.

 

[Carolina Slim]

Lying T-bar row is great and doesn't put much stress on your lower back, and inverted rows with your feet up on a bench are a nice warmup too.

I've tried using the lying T-bar row many times, and I always feel like my lower back is gonna get snapped up. I'm 6-3, so it might be a matter of where I position myself on the pad. I'm doing back and bis later today, I'll see if I give it a try again.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Carolina... bend your knees to where your shoulders are in line with the handles (or maybe just a little above)

And try and let the weight of your body + the Tbar rest on the pad...