Back exercises

The back muscles are made up or a small number of muscle groups including the latissimus dorsi, the rhomboids, and the teres major and teres minor. We also have a large range of back exercise profiles that stimulate the back muscles (including Latissimus Dorsi), such as pull downs, chin ups, rows and deadlifts.

We have slight the back exercises into 'general back exercises and exercise specifically targetting the latissimus dorsi muscle group.

General back exercises

• Barbell deadlift
• Bentover row
• High row
• Cable row
• Seated lever row
• T-bar row
• One arm dumbbell row

Exercises for the Latissimus Dorsi

• Over hand pull-up
• Assisted over hand pull-up
• Under hand pull-up
• Wide grip pull-down
• Behind the neck pull-down
• Neutral grip pull-down
• Straight arm pull-down

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