Archive for the ‘Back Workouts’ Category

Back Workout Monday 27th April 2009

My first back workout in my new gym was a bit of a dissappointment if I’m honest. For some reason I couldn’t get into my workout today, I didn’t really feel like working out and in the end kind of went through the motions. I guess some of this is down to the fact that [...]


Back Workout Monday 20th April 2009

Started off my back workout with seated cable rowing, during which I decided to implement some advice that I read in Muscle and Fitness in the Ask Arnold column, in which the great man says you should really squeeze your shoulder blades in when doing seated rows so as to get the maximum benefit for the [...]


Back Workout: Monday 13th April 2009

Trained in my local gym today which means I can’t really have a good back workout, maybe I should rephrase that as have a heavy back workout.

First exercise was seated cable rowing, which doesn’t go heavy enough for me, so I have to do some very slow reps to get a workout from it. I did [...]


Back Workout: Monday 6th April 2009

Went for a workout with my brother today at his gym, suits me fine as it’s much more serious than mine and therefore has heavier weights.
First exercise today was the deadlift, and exercise that I enjoy immensely, as it gives you a sense of how strong you are, especially when you lift more than your own [...]


Back Workout: Monday 30th March 2009

I started off my workout with some wide grip cable pulldowns, using my gym’s lat pulldown machine, rather than a cable machine. The lat pulldown machine is quite good in that the handles come down in line with your shoulders, and because it isn’t a bar that hits the back in a much better way than using a [...]