Thread: Favorite back workout?

Please don't say deadlift though haha

Rack pulls. still pull a ton of weight. My legs dont need deads and rack pulls wor your back as good if you do them right.

Originally Posted by animal87

Rack pulls. still pull a ton of weight. My legs dont need deads and rack pulls wor your back as good if you do them right.

Where do you set the pins on your rack pulls? I've tried them and they're always either to high to feel like I'm working anything, or too low to feel any different than a deadlift.....

Seated rows, not just pulling, lay back after the pull

Dumbell bent over rows/ Pull Ups or Lat Pulldown/ Seated Rows-wide grip & close grip

Originally Posted by Jimmyinkedup

Dumbell bent over rows/ Pull Ups or Lat Pulldown/ Seated Rows-wide grip & close grip

This along with horizontal shrugs and reverse grip rows

Originally Posted by noarch

Where do you set the pins on your rack pulls? I've tried them and they're always either to high to feel like I'm working anything, or too low to feel any different than a deadlift.....

About 3 inchs below my knee. I still want it to feel like a dead lift just take some of my legs out of it to save my knees for leg day.

Originally Posted by spoolin

I do partial deads with 1 min rest between sets and it's brutal. You should try it. You set the bar at knee level height to take the legs mostly out of the equation and its a great back builder. I get my legs worked hard on leg day, don't need it on back day with full deadlifts.

Is rack pulls another name for partial deadlifts?

Yes I believe so. I just use the old school names I was thought.