Friday, January 9, 2009

Back Muscle Building

By Dave Vower

To increase the size of your muscles, you can use a number of resistance exercises that will target your biceps and triceps. It shouldn't matter where you choose to do your exercises. You can workout at home or in a gym and the results will be the same.

The exercises that you can use to increase the size of your arm muscles are dumbbell curls, standing barbell curls, incline curls, preacher curls and concentration curls. For beginners to these exercises it is important that you get some help with the technique that you will use. Doing the exercises with the wrong technique will not get you the results that you are after. You should also use care so that you do not injure yourself while you are doing these exercises.

Many people use push ups to get an increase in the size of their arm muscles, but there is a different exercise that is similar. A push down starts off in a plank position and lower yourself to the floor. Hold the position for a few seconds and then raise yourself back up to the beginning position.

Another exercise that you can do is triceps dips. These are done on the edge of a chair. Raise yourself up using your arms and hold the position. Lower yourself back down onto the chair. Free weights are another good way to increase the size of your biceps muscles. To do this you stand straight and hold the weight in one of your hands. Lift the weight to your chest and then back down. The weight that you should use for these exercises is a five, ten or fifteen pound weight.

The bar bell bent over row is another exercise for back muscle building. You grasp the barbel, flex the torso forward with arms fully extended and pull the bar up to your lower chest and back down. Again, learn proper technique and form. Build up to higher weights and repetitions.

The sitting cable row is done on a machine. Sitting on the bench forward with your legs extended you take the handgrips and pull them toward you and back. This exercise works your lower back and lats.

These are just a few back muscle building exercises. Technique is so important in lifting exercises so you do not injure your back. Definitely see demonstrations first before you try these exercises and get feedback on your form.

Most experts agree that you should eat more protein while you are working on your muscles. If you are not able to get enough protein in your diet, you will break down your muscle tissues until it gets what it requires. Get some good information about nutrition when you are bodybuilding. - 16463

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