over training back

st.george · 07-08-2007, 08:02 PM

as i am looking at getting wider, would it be a god idea to train my back more days in a row and give it less rest or train less and give my back more time to recouperate? i curently only train my back with my biceps once a week

bigbencher · 07-08-2007, 09:11 PM

if you want to get a wider frame...u dont have to work your back more oftenly,,if you work your back too much you'll over train it..making it almost impossible to get any gains..if u want to get wider just do shoulder presses. shoulders make a big factor of getting you wider

**Teamorbit** · 07-09-2007, 12:29 AM

Lats bro... Cat stress that enough. Pull ups and pull downs will start to widen your back. If you can train back twice a week then to me thats sound like your not hitting it hard enough. Start to incorporate powerlifting movements like deadlifts. That will give your lower back thickness and workout a shit load of other muscles. Whats your routine for back right now?

**YM123** · 07-09-2007, 04:55 AM

never train the same bodypart two days in a row - this is really stupid as you will be so fatigued from the previous days training if you hit it hard enough. Back is a large bodypart so i say just keep to training it once a week and you get the best results from that. just hit it HARD!!

st.george · 07-09-2007, 05:46 AM

kool cheers guys...im just off to gym now so im gonna hit it really hard!!...one question...when doing lat pull downs which is better? to have a wide grip or a close grip which one works which part of the back?

**YM123** · 07-09-2007, 08:51 AM

if you want width go for wide grip

**bbdude** · 07-09-2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yes_man_123

if you want width go for wide grip

good point

**lil_big_junior** · 07-09-2007, 12:18 PM

weighted pull ups\or just regular chins if you can't do weighted & wide grip pull downs for getting width on those lats

st.george · 07-09-2007, 02:39 PM

ok so i went to the gym and did what u said to do and bloody hell did i push it!!...mite of pushed it abit too much witht the bent over rows tho...felt my lower left back give way so stoped after that, now its abit twingy...definatly gonna be hurtin in the morning (i hope)

**Teamorbit** · 07-09-2007, 06:33 PM

Nice bro hey you might get sore tommorow from the lower back muscle from going heavy on bent over rows. Make sure you keep stretching that muscle. I know this sounds weird but to stretch the lower back muscle correctly it should feel like the lower back muscle is connected to your gluts. One way to get a goos stretch is to lay down and take one leg and put it over the other so that you have your as side ways as you are felxable. Then pull you leg towards your chest.

Beefcake · 07-10-2007, 04:43 PM

^^Good point mate.