Best Middle Back Exercises Out Of These 3?

Pumpatron · 12-12-2005, 02:08 AM

If you could only pick ONE of the following for a middle back exercise which would it be & why:

1) Middle Back Shrugs - https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exe...dle+Back+Shrug

2) Cable Rows - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...ted+Cable+Rows

3) One Arm Long Bar Rows - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...m+Long+Bar+Row

HK

**Peaked_18** · 12-12-2005, 11:18 AM

Chest supported rows.

The kelso shrug (middle back

) is for upper back.

**b-boy** · 12-12-2005, 03:17 PM

if only of those three, i would pick the cable rows! i can squeeze and feel the muscle being worked better with that excersise, can be done with heavy weight safely. but honestly i probably wouldn't do any of the three excersises, i don't like the other two (lame) and the only reason i don't do cable rows is that i have outgrown the weight stack at our gym and don't like having to do 30 or more reps with the weight stack we got just to get a good workout in.

**Grunt76** · 12-13-2005, 02:42 AM

T-Bar rows... NO?

ATrainer · 12-28-2005, 01:09 AM

I'll take a shrug motion over a row any day. Biceps are too weak to train back properly.

LuxuryChic · 01-03-2006, 01:33 AM

t bar rows in general are GREAT for middle back thickness....i love them....doin them single armed is even better! i would choose those over shrugs any day

sulcop · 01-03-2006, 01:39 AM

Mid back shrug if limited to those three only.

Sully

**DJSTARER** · 01-11-2006, 12:34 AM

Personally, for those three, I gotta go with the one armed corner row... but not in those three, i go with the smyth one arm barbel rows.

12-12-2005, 02:08 AM	#1
Pumpatron Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 161 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Best Middle Back Exercises Out Of These 3? If you could only pick ONE of the following for a middle back exercise which would it be & why: 1) Middle Back Shrugs - https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exe...dle+Back+Shrug 2) Cable Rows - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...ted+Cable+Rows 3) One Arm Long Bar Rows - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...m+Long+Bar+Row HK __________________ Trainee Under Myself! "2 Mice Fell Into A Bucket Of Cream. The 1st Mouse Gave Up Trying To Get Out And Drowned. The 2nd Mouse Was Determined Not To Give In And So Struggled And Struggled For A Good 10 Minutes. All This Struggling Churned The Cream Into Butter Which Allowed The Mouse To Escape From The Bucket" Now Ask Yourself... Which Mouse Are YOU?

12-28-2005, 01:09 AM	#5
ATrainer New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sandy, UT Posts: 12 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	I'll take a shrug motion over a row any day. Biceps are too weak to train back properly. __________________ www.revised-training.com

01-03-2006, 01:33 AM	#6
LuxuryChic Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 113 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	t bar rows in general are GREAT for middle back thickness....i love them....doin them single armed is even better! i would choose those over shrugs any day __________________ Lift-eat-sleep-grow-repeat Age: 18 Weight: 262bs Goal: August 2007 - 220lbs

01-03-2006, 01:39 AM	#7
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Mid back shrug if limited to those three only. Sully __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-11-2006, 12:34 AM	#8
DJSTARER eating more folate... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: State College, PA Posts: 3,995 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 113	Personally, for those three, I gotta go with the one armed corner row... but not in those three, i go with the smyth one arm barbel rows. __________________ My philosophies on training: "Extreme training yields extreme results" "Just because you can, does not mean you should" "The best program is the one you are not doing" Penn State Powerlifting-181 lb weightclass PGA Professional of America Current Stats: 474 Squat 601 Deadlift 320 Bench Goals for next training cycle: 500lbs squat and a total over 1400 in competition

12-12-2005, 11:18 AM	#2
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	Chest supported rows. The kelso shrug (middle back ) is for upper back.

12-12-2005, 03:17 PM	#3
b-boy Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 544 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 42	if only of those three, i would pick the cable rows! i can squeeze and feel the muscle being worked better with that excersise, can be done with heavy weight safely. but honestly i probably wouldn't do any of the three excersises, i don't like the other two (lame) and the only reason i don't do cable rows is that i have outgrown the weight stack at our gym and don't like having to do 30 or more reps with the weight stack we got just to get a good workout in.

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