| Women's back exercises should include more than the | | | | upper, middle, and lower fibers, and those muscle-fiber |
| overused cable pull-down, because the back muscles | | | | sections have different lines of directions. Therefore, |
| have different attachments in the body, and the way | | | | they need different exercises to stimulate those three |
| those muscle fibers are structured some will get | | | | sections of the trapezius muscle. |
| stimulated through different movements. Let me give | | | | Rhomboids: this muscle is divided into two; the major |
| you an example of what I mean by that so you have | | | | and minor rhomboid muscles, and they lie deep below |
| a better understanding. | | | | the trapezius muscle. And performing rowing exercises |
| Latissimus Dorsi Muscle: There are three primary | | | | with different angles (i.e., low, mid, or high angles) will |
| movements of this muscle and they are | | | | work the rhomboids. |
| -Extension of the humerus (arm) at the shoulder level, | | | | Examples Women's Back Exercises |
| -Adduction or pulling the arm towards your body and | | | | -Tube Rowing (anchored at low point) |
| -Medial rotation of the arm at the shoulder joint. | | | | - Tube Rowing (anchored at mid point) |
| Latissimus dorsi muscle becomes more active in the | | | | - Tube Rowing (anchored at high point ) |
| pulling exercises like the cable-pull down and chin-ups, | | | | -Pull-ups |
| and to a lesser degree in the rowing movements like | | | | -Chin-ups |
| the seated cable rowing exercise. | | | | -Skydiving |
| Erector Spinae: this group of deep postural muscles | | | | -Dead lifts |
| works primary as extensor muscles where they bend | | | | -Pull-ins |
| the upper body backward. Exercises like ffloor | | | | So now that you have a good idea about the |
| skydiving and dead lifts will be a good choice to | | | | complexity of the back muscles, and a deeper |
| exercise the erector spinae. | | | | appreciation of the human body. I hope you include |
| Trapezius: as the name indicates this muscle has a | | | | more back exercises for women in order to develop |
| diamond-like shape. And it is divided into three sections; | | | | the back fully. |