Trying to get these bad boys to come out...What to do?
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Trying to get these bad boys to come out...What to do?
Pulldowns and close grip rows, there's no way you can isolate the smaller back muscles
[QUOTE=thebm;196818881]is it called the mayor cuz it mays a lot?[/QUOTE]
are you from Mars or something, or maybe the Ozone layer??
ignoring that confusing reply, I have to agree with the last poster: doing proper pulldown versions of back movements will hit the teres muscles fine.
Wider grip vertical pulling exercises hit the Teres muscles.
[QUOTE=sensei101;196809511]Trying to get these bad boys to come out...What to do?[/QUOTE]
the teres major assists the lats, so no real way to isolate them (I think a lot of people here get the teres major confused with the lats).
The teres minor is similar to the infraspinatus in that it is primarily an external rotator of the humerus (google external rotations).
hope that helps
[QUOTE=Camel Eater;196882941]the teres major assists the lats, so no real way to isolate them (I think a lot of people here get the teres major confused with the lats).
The teres minor is similar to the infraspinatus in that it is primarily an external rotator of the humerus (google external rotations).
hope that helps[/QUOTE]Good post...
You can never isolate them but you can emphasize them more intensely by using a wider grip on pulling exercises as opposed to a narrower grip.
Go West Or Go Wide for the Teres family.
Behind the neck pullups do the job better than any other for directly hitting this area for me. Best pure widthbuilder I know of for the back.
really, just pull stuff and you'll be fine (vertical, horizontal, angled or to the groin, nose, ears-wherever).
[QUOTE=DiamondDelts;196894891]Behind the neck pullups do the job better than any other for directly hitting this area for me. Best pure widthbuilder I know of for the back.[/QUOTE]
You're gonna get the "behind the neck bad exercise" police after you.....:p
[QUOTE=SquatTilYouDrop;196897241]You're gonna get the "behind the neck bad exercise" police after you.....:p[/QUOTE]
Lol. They've been after me for the last 5 years around here. DD knows widebodyology. The rest around here can "theorize and debate" all they want to. I could care less.
how do you guys alternate you behind the neck movements...would it be considered a whole new exercise if lets say I did normal pulldown...or should I do 2 sets front 2 sets back
[QUOTE=sensei101;197051391]how do you guys alternate you behind the neck movements...would it be considered a whole new exercise if lets say I did normal pulldown...or should I do 2 sets front 2 sets back[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=sensei101;197051391]how do you guys alternate you behind the neck movements...would it be considered a whole new exercise if lets say I did normal pulldown...or should I do 2 sets front 2 sets back[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=sensei101;198494151]????[/QUOTE]
Okay. We get it already. Some people do front to back pulldowns/pullups as one exercise/rep while others see them as two distinctly different exercises so they do them in separate sets/reps.
It really doesn't matter either way. Though as for me personally I would bother with pulldowns at all as I feel they are a waste of time.
[QUOTE=DiamondDelts;198496141]Okay. We get it already. Some people do front to back pulldowns/pullups as one exercise/rep while others see them as two distinctly different exercises so they do them in separate sets/reps.
It really doesn't matter either way. Though as for me personally I would bother with pulldowns at all as I feel they are a waste of time.[/QUOTE]
why?
Probably because DD can do pullups and chins which make pulldowns very inferior. Just a guess though.
[QUOTE=DiamondDelts;198496141]Okay. We get it already. Some people do front to back pulldowns/pullups as one exercise/rep while others see them as two distinctly different exercises so they do them in separate sets/reps.
It really doesn't matter either way. Though as for me personally I would bother with pulldowns at all as I feel they are a waste of time.[/QUOTE]
I know exactly what you mean.