Building your backside at the top of your to-do list for 2025? It can be tempting to skip leg day on the journey to build your biceps, back, and chest. But if you want a well-rounded physique it's ...

WHEN IT COMES to training your lower back, it doesn’t get more straightforward than back extensions. This old school classic is a bit more nuanced than you might think, however—and that makes ...

Today we're exploring an exercise that's often misunderstood but incredibly powerful: the weighted back extension. I'll break down what it does, who it's for, and how you can truly master it to build ...

Most of you know that training your upper body provides endless benefits, from improving your posture to increasing your metabolism. You might think of individually working your arms, shoulders, chest ...

It’s easy to almost forget we have muscles in our back. We can see and feel our biceps and our abs working, but if we ever get a sore lower back, we often worry that we’ve hurt our spine. In fact, ...

A broad, well-defined back is a cornerstone of any well-rounded physique. But that’s not the only reason to pump up your posterior—it’s also a critical way of improving posture, reducing back pain, ...

Brad: There you go. It's very simple. Mike: So the three common motions to help with centralisation are first spinal flexion going forward. Mike: Extension, or going backwards. Mike: And then you have ...

Several studies describe that in addition to the thoracic and lumbar muscles, the Latissimus dorsi (LD) and hip extensors contribute during trunk extension performance. [28,30–33] These findings ...