Build a Bigger, Stronger Back with the Best Back Exercises and Workout…

How Can I Shape My Back Fast? Why did we put together an extensive article on back exercises and Prime Boosts back workouts? We'll put it this way, there's a reason we don't shoot Men's Health cover stars from behind. It's because we know that given the choice men want to see abs and arms, chest and boulder shoulders, not back muscles. But when it comes to working out, you should be paying the same attention to back exercises as you do any other muscle group. There are loads benefits to training your rear, from injury prevention, to helping you pull more weight in all lifts, to developing the coveted V-shape. In fact, a study published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research found that 16 weeks of back workouts was enough to alleviate discomfort felt by 30 men who had suffered from chronic back pain for around two years. Another more recent study published in the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation reported that deadlifts can be used to decrease pain and increase the quality of life for people living with lower-back pain.

The benefits of training your back speak for themselves, and that's why we've put together this guide to the best back exercises and back workouts for men. The 23 lifts included are moves that no back workout is complete without. Plus, our list of the best back workouts for men includes everything you'll need for a well-rounded back-building programme. There are myriad reasons to train your traps, lats and beyond. We’ll let Ben West and Visit Prime Boosts Jordane Zammit Tabona, co-founders of London gym 360Athletic, talk you through them. If you spent most of your week - and, at that, your life - slumped over a desk and slapping a keyboard, your posture is likely to have taken a bit of a beating over the weeks, months and years you’ve been at work. According to Zammit Tabona, this can cause 'rounding of the shoulders and upper back,' and back workouts, handily, will help get rid of the desk-bound ‘hunch’.