I want a cut back.

baby_girl269 · 04-29-2008, 02:34 PM

I'm trying to get a real cut back its so hard. What do I need to do?
Its coming along; just real slow. When I workout my back I always go heavy. I also amped up my cardio.
At night I do full body workout. So I need some advice.

nunu713 · 04-30-2008, 02:24 PM

I am by far no expert, but when I started working out, my back was the first thing to really 'pop'. Probably because I had very little fat on my back, but little muscle too. I do about 4 exercises for my back, 4 sets for each exercise. In between each set, I do 10 push-ups. So usually by the end of my back workout, I've done 160 push-ups. I'm not sure if that's what got my back in gear or not, but it seems to have worked for me...

baby_girl269 · 05-01-2008, 10:12 AM

That sounds like it just meant work for me. When I do my next back workout; I'll try that thank you.

Twerp · 05-01-2008, 10:25 AM

Huh? While I certainly don't discourage antagonist training (chest/back, biceps/triceps, etc...), I don't think it was the push-ups that made your back "pop".

OP, What exercises are you doing for back now? There's a lot of different variations of back exercises, but the basic pull-up (chin-up) is still probably the king of all back exercises. Ironically, in Poliquin's top 7 exercises, 4 of them are chin-up variations.

Talk us through your back workout now.

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Originally Posted by nunu713

I am by far no expert, but when I started working out, my back was the first thing to really 'pop'. Probably because I had very little fat on my back, but little muscle too. I do about 4 exercises for my back, 4 sets for each exercise. In between each set, I do 10 push-ups. So usually by the end of my back workout, I've done 160 push-ups. I'm not sure if that's what got my back in gear or not, but it seems to have worked for me...

baby_girl269 · 05-05-2008, 10:49 AM

I do alot of different exercises for my back. I target all the muscles and always mix it up. I do stiff legged goodmornings, two and one armed long bar row, deadlifts, supermans, just a varity or exercises. So what I'm a doing wrong?

SpittfireDA · 05-05-2008, 12:01 PM

What really helped my back was splitting it up into 2 diff days - one for width and one for thickness. Pullups/downs vs rowing motions. It isn't something I would do long term, but it made a huge difference for me.