IFBB Pro Evan Centopani's Switched-On Back Workout

With one simple tweak, this bread-and-butter back workout for mass becomes easier on your lower back but harder on your muscles. All too often, I find that people look at training as something that&specific to a particular muscle group. To this way of thinking, each muscle group consists of separate muscles, each of which you have to train individually. I used to think this way, too. But over the years, my philosophy toward training has become more systemic and holistic. I now understand that any time you lift, you engage your entire body, not just a single muscle. And any time you train intensely, you should feel the effects throughout your body. You know what this feels like: You&out of breath, you&tired, you want to sit down, and you have an overall feeling of discomfort. Barbells and free weights create this feeling far, far more than machines. That feeling is one of the best tools you have at your disposal when you want to get in shape—any kind of shape— and it&the approach I used in both my training program Iron Intelligence and this back workout. Perhaps one of the greatest opportunities to "do it correctly" and collect a big dividend is when you train your back. Done correctly, back training is very demanding. You can either go balls deep, or you can stop short of fulfilling your potential. It&your choice. Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't This is a basic but very effective workout for me. It includes barbell rows, T-bar rows, lat pull-downs, and dumbbell...