Fastest way to enlarge your back?

[Rex]

I wanna enlarge my back, is there any exersices for quick results?

[pelicanAndrew]

Lots of rows and shrugs. Do side rows and seated cable rows if you have a machine. Shrugs are great.

 

Lower back is all about deadlifts and good mornings. I gotta remember to so side bends from my love handles that just wont die.

[Richard]

Where do you want to enlarge? Across the shoulder blades, or the very top of the shoulders (trapizius), or the small of the back?

[Rex]

Where do you want to enlarge? Across the shoulder blades, or the very top of the shoulders (trapizius), or the small of the back?

 

Anywhere mostly across shoulder blades.

[sydneyvegan]

Hang Cleans and Power Cleans are good for the upper back.

I find Lat Pull downs can be a pretty good isolation exercise, as long as you do them properly and nice and slow

[Odidnetne]

Pull ups and dips hit the back too.

[willpeavy]

pullups, bent over dumbbell rows, deadlifts

[jonathan]

pullups, bent over dumbbell rows, deadlifts

 

I concur

 

Jonathan

[Richard]

I had a doctor surgically implant balloons into my back, so now when I want to get jacked, I just press a button and the balloons fill, and it's morphin' time

[Rex]

I had a doctor surgically implant balloons into my back, so now when I want to get jacked, I just press a button and the balloons fill, and it's morphin' time

 

HAHA sounds nice, I should try that. Kinna like Aqua Team except the guy got implant balloons into his chin.

[Odidnetne]

I had a doctor surgically implant balloons into my back, so now when I want to get jacked, I just press a button and the balloons fill, and it's morphin' time

 

I swear I love reading your replies.

 

Bent over dumbbell rows? I've never heard of them, though I'll have to look it up and give them a shot today, since I'm working my back today.

[benny boy]

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html

[VeganEssentials]

I'll reiterate much of what has already been said -

 

Rowing, barbell or dumbbell (both have their place)

Pull-ups and chin-ups

Deadlifts

Shrugs

Good Mornings

Power cleans

High pulls, both regular and snatch grip width

 

There's also the standard responses of cable machine rows and other machine work, which is fine, but you'll most likely get a lot more bang for your buck with free weight stuff since there's little reason to "isolate" unless you're working a specific area rather than trying to improve the whole back. Bodybuilding, yes, but for general mass increasing, stick with the compound stuff and the heavy free weight lifts first.

 

For trapezius work, I've found that high pulls did far more for me than shrugs - just going on feel alone and residual soreness as any indicator, doing sets of high pulls with 200 lbs. hurt me a lot more than doing shrugs with 400+ lbs. I do both, so try them all out and see what works!