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Is your back workout not delivering the results you expect? If your efforts to create a well-defined rear view are leaving you less than impressed, perhaps its time for a new approach — a “friendly takeover” of your regular routine may be in order, shaking non-responsive muscles out of their complacency and into higher levels of performance.
This top-down back workout approach begins with the upright row, which activates the upper reaches of your back muscles, including the trapezius. While women don’t necessarily strive for a protruding, defined trap muscle, that result is not a danger, especially as used here in more of a warm-up role.
Next is the pull-up and kettlebell row, which focus on the latissiumus dorsi — the large fan-shaped muscles that extend from your spine to the back’s outer edges…
