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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Bodybuilding Workouts, The Importance Of Back Exercises

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By Ricardo d Argence

There are quite a few things that are involved in bodybuilding. However, the first thing you must do in order to achieve your goals is to gain good core strength. This lies in your abdominal muscles and your back, so this article will show you what exercises to do and what muscles to workout.

If you do not work out your back you will lose a lot of core strength, which could lead to painful injuries. You see your back is structured together by your spine, ribs, the scapula, and ligaments and if these are injured in any way, it could lead to excruciating pain.

There are so many different injuries that are affiliated with the back, and most of it is from lifting heavy things, compression, or rotating the wrong way. Keeping the muscles around the spine strong will make it easier for good posture while lifting, leaving less chance of getting hurt.

The back is so heavily relied on everyday to do just about everything that most people take for granted that their back is strong enough. The back is very fragile, so when working out the back muscles you will want to take it slow, and build strength gradually.

The trapezius muscles (traps) are the ones that form the bulk of your back; the basic exercise for them is a shrug motion, where you take a pair of dumbbells, one in each hand, and shrug your shoulders as high as they will go (don't roll them, go straight up) and hold them for a breath, then let them down slowly.

Another muscle that is crucial to the strength of your back is your deltoids. There various ways that you can work out your deltoids. However, the most common way is to take dumbbell in your hand, with your elbow at your side, and make sure that your forearm is out level with the map. You will the extend you arm out until it's at shoulder height so you are able to look straight down your arm at the dumbbell.

Now that you have worked out your trapezius muscles, and your deltoids, you need to then go to your lower trapezius muscle which runs down your ribs. The best exercise to do here is a v-bar pull down because it will isolate the muscle thoroughly.

Now this next exercise you will want to do moderately because it can harm you trying to overdue it. Shoulder arches require you to take a dumbbell, and put it over the back of your neck, lay down on your front, and arch your back.

As with all muscle building exercises, it's important to do stretches and a bit of cardio before and after doing them to maintain flexibility.

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