Advanced Back Workout
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Olympic bars and heavy weight shouldn’t be limited to chest and leg days.
Go to almost any gym and you’ll see a lot of guys with thick pecs, but backs that pale in comparison. While nearly everyone has a love affair with the bench press and related pushing movements, the fan base for pulling exercises (that is, back training) is dramatically smaller. Yet the back makes up the largest area of muscle on the torso, and should be worked at least as diligently as the chest, not to mention every other body part.
So, if you bench press heavy, you should pull heavy. For every grueling set of dumbbell military presses you perform, you should be prepared to knock out an equally hardcore set of pull-ups. The fact is that when pulling movements don’t receive your undivided attention on a regular basis, not only does your back development suffer, your biceps do, too. So make sure to prioritize back training, even if that means— gulp—moving it to Mondays.
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