Tips for a wider back?

[Dylan13579]

What are some tips or exercise suggestions for a wider back? I'm not sure if it's just the shape of my body or if I could be doing something else with my exercise selection, but I have a pretty thick back but it's not that wide.

My back routine goes like this:
3 sets bent over row
3 sets pull up
3 sets T bar row with v grip
3 sets wide grip cable row

[risingstarl96a1]

Try every variation of this

[George2100]

Vertical pulls

[BromanianDL]

You can't change you bone structure, all you can do is your rows/pullups, add weight to your lifts over time and get bigger muscles. The illusion of a wide back is created with a thin waist.

[WeightedDip]

What are some tips or exercise suggestions for a wider back? I'm not sure if it's just the shape of my body or if I could be doing something else with my exercise selection, but I have a pretty thick back but it's not that wide.

My back routine goes like this:
3 sets bent over row
3 sets pull up
3 sets T bar row with v grip
3 sets wide grip cable row

Weighted Pull ups.

6-12 Months.
(3) Days a week.

Start with Strength Sets ex. (2, 2, 2, 2) + 90 lbs
Then Hypertrophy Sets: ex (8, 8, 8, 8) + 45 lbs

After month 12, you'll be extremely pleased with your back.

[HeMB]

shoulder width underhand pulldowns and add weight on them over time, but first develop mind muscle connection with those lower lats.

[Garage Rat]

Start focusing at the top and work down.
Cable pull ins or DB pull overs across a bench are a good exercises to stretch the lats where they tie in to the shoulders.
I always do cable pull ins trying to get the bar up at head level and then pulling down ward thinking of using lats to do so not arms.
Think of the upper arm moving up and down stretching and contracting the lats.
The other exercise i like are lat pull downs shoulder width wider with a scapula dislocate at theta of each rep for maximum stretch.
Pull again thinking upper arms down and contracting the upper lat/back muscle.
The pull only needs to come to forehead or so.
You could do the same with pull up if your strong enough.
I would also use straps to try and take the forearms out of the pull as much as possible so you can focus on the target area.
Focus is a key word here as you can get real sloppy with these.
Moderate weights probably are best.
These are for that upper outer area that starts the V shape.
Eventually you should get some low lat work in also but i would go with the top half first.

[DCSpartan]

Weighted Pull ups.

6-12 Months.
(3) Days a week.

Start with Strength Sets ex. (2, 2, 2, 2) + 90 lbs
Then Hypertrophy Sets: ex (8, 8, 8, 8) + 45 lbs

After month 12, you'll be extremely pleased with your back.

yeah sure, just have a beginner start off with 90 lb weighted pullups.

Thats like saying i fyou want to add some mass to your legs start off with 500 lb squats.

Idiotic advice.

[spicytunamaki]

I would recommend a rowing style machine where you keep your hands close together and you pull against resistance straight to your sternum.

Also, change it up. Do cardiovascular style workouts on a rower and anaerobic style workouts with your back. Keep the muscles guessing.

[weiss1967]

What are some tips or exercise suggestions for a wider back? I'm not sure if it's just the shape of my body or if I could be doing something else with my exercise selection, but I have a pretty thick back but it's not that wide.

My back routine goes like this:
3 sets bent over row
3 sets pull up
3 sets T bar row with v grip
3 sets wide grip cable row

Dylan, your back routine looks good. The only exercise specifically for wider back, from what you listed, is wide grip cable row. Be careful what you wish for, wide back means your shoulders need to grow too to keep proportion. Arms and forearms too. I say, don't sweat, keep balanced routine covering everything. I had overdeveloped lats at some point, so big I could not keep arms hanging down without pinching the blood flow. Could not keep elbows tucked in while boxing, there was too much muscle in the way. Also keep in mind that lats are least utilized muscle in our body, nature's fluke from when we were walking on our 4.

[WakingOp]

Dylan, your back routine looks good. The only exercise specifically for wider back, from what you listed, is wide grip cable row. Be careful what you wish for, wide back means your shoulders need to grow too to keep proportion. Arms and forearms too. I say, don't sweat, keep balanced routine covering everything. I had overdeveloped lats at some point, so big I could not keep arms hanging down without pinching the blood flow. Could not keep elbows tucked in while boxing, there was too much muscle in the way. Also keep in mind that lats are least utilized muscle in our body, nature's fluke from when we were walking on our 4.

Lats are the epitome of a working man's muscle. It's no fluke, we are just soft. Our ancestors had to carry, climb, maybe chokehold a bear as regular activities.