Back muscles and 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 exercise profiles that stimulate the back muscles (including Latissimus Dorsi), such as pull downs, chin ups, rows and deadlifts.

Back muscles

• Latmissimus Dorsi
• Teres Major
• Teres Minor
• Rhomboids

Back exercises

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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