6 Back Training Muscle Growth Tips

If your back is embarrassingly sad, this will help

Egis R.
6 min readAug 27, 2024
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If your back is embarrassingly sad, I’m here to help you. But before I give you 6 back training muscle growth tips, I need to walk you through back anatomy which I know is the farthest thing in the world from funny.

But still, it has to be done so that you don’t think I talk pure crap when I say “lats, rear delts, teres major…”

The not-so-funny part of the article (although short)

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Keep in mind that when doing any back exercise, you’ll be using a combination of lat and upper back muscles simultaneously as well as shoulders and arms. However, different elbow placements which I will talk about in point #2 can shift more tension on one or the other.

Now that you know that your upper back isn’t around your ass region, let’s go to the actual tips that will make your back less sad.

1. Utilize progressive overload

I wrote about progressive overload many times before and ​​I’d rather watch Australian Olympic break dancing on a loop than…

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Egis R.

I’m Egis, an online weight loss coach who has heightened BS sensors for fitness & nutrition. Only evidence-based & sustainable fat loss. www.absscience.com