When it comes to developing a winning back in bodybuilding, there are usually two factors which are taken into consideration. Bodybuilders strive to develop both width and thickness. Coincidentally – or not – it is often the man in the contest with the most back width and thickness who ends up winning the overall trophy. In the Mr. Olympia show, we’d often see the winner being beaten in many poses from the front, obliterated in terms of standout body parts. However, when the contestants turned around, it was “Lights out!” and the judges, competitors, and audience members often knew right away who the winner would be. It would be the man with the widest and thickest back. If you’d like to be the last man standing at your local bodybuilding show, then you need to have a ...

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Q: What can I do to target the muscles of my middle back? A: The muscles of the middle back are not easy to isolate and many trainers go about training them incorrectly. The key to an effective mid back workout is to use cables and machines. This will allow you to adjust the movement to target specific areas of your back – something that you can’t do with free weights. The number one mid-back developer is the seated cable row. Unfortunately, this is also one of the most poorly executed exercises of all time. Most people get a powerful bicep and thigh workout on this one but very little back stimulation. If you’ve got access to the Pumping Iron video, put it on and forward to the part where Arnold is doing seated cable rows. Watch his form and you’ll notice ...

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