Back exercises

[LukeJG56]

My back day consists of:
3X pull ups till failure
3X8 widegrip lat pull down
3X8 v bar pull down
3X8 T bar row
3X8 seated cable row

May throw in a bit of dumbbell rows, what do you guys think?

[FluffyChapstick]

How many times week are you training?
Are you a beginner?

That many exercise variety is not necessary even if you've been training for years. Following a fullbody, then upper lower and then a p/p/l split would be the better option instead of training each body group once a week.

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Frequency & progresive overload > volume

[Garage Rat]

Pulls and row movements are the basic bodybuilding back workout.
Also don't neglect the low back/lumbar area to complete your back session.

[sooby]

Pulls and row movements are the basic bodybuilding back workout.
Also don't neglect the low back/lumbar area to complete your back session.

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some kind of back extension or deadlift variation (rack/block pulls, regular deadlift, etc)

[TJP33]

Work a balance of your required volume around
FLOOR PULL- A deadlift and a Rack pull, if one stays high on there tbar row from the floor I may include this in this category
HORIZONTAL PULL- Barbell Row, Tbar Row, Dbell Row, seal rows, Seated Cable Row, Flat Hammer Machine Row
VERTICAL PULL- Pull ups, various grip pull downs
within these categories you can look to slightly differentiate the movements with small angle of pulls or width of grip.
My typical back work has 1 floor pull and 2 horizontal and 2 vertical pulls, with my rep sets scheme this is the appropriate volume for my training frequency/volume/intensity that allows me to recover..

OR YOU COULD JUST FOLLOW A BEGINNERS ROUTINE WHERE ALL THE WORK IS ALREADY DONE AND PROPERLY BALANCED FOR YOU. (PREFERED OPTION)

[jgreystoke]

^^^^^

This.

[TheShadowMan]

If you're at the point where you've already done beginner routines for a few years and have developed parts of the body but are looking to bring up certain parts, then I would have a back day. If not, go with a good full body routine. As for a back specific routine, I think of it in terms of something for upper, something for middle, something for lower. Generally I stick with wide grip, some people switch between but I want those wide flaring lats primarily. My approach mostly becomes:

Pull up
Pull down
T-bar row
Bent row
Stifflegged good morning
Deadlift

These days i've shortened it a bit(deads/pullups/bent-arm pullovers/stiff-arm pulldowns) because I work multiple groups each day multiple times a week, but that's what I started with on back specific days.

[Btyates87]

Wow I really like this concept for training back. I'm going to try this tomorrow
Deadlift: warm up sets finish with 1x5 85%
BB row: 5x5
Lat pulldown: 4x15,12,10,8
DB row: 4x8 heavy
Vbar pulldown: 4x10
Random pullup practice in between exercises(I can only do a few at a time) sometimes only one