If you're serious about building a strong, muscular back, it’s time to rethink your upper-body workouts. Sure, barbell rows and weighted pullups are staples—but if total upper-body mass is the goal, ...

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What it does: The dumbbell bench press is a compound exercise that builds strength and size in your pectoral (chest) muscles.

THERE ARE FEW exercises you'll see guys doing in the gym more often than the classic dumbbell row on a weight bench. There are also few exercises that are more prone to sloppy form. From poor ...

If two feels too tough, use one weight at a time. Either alternate sides or drop one dumbbell completely and perform all reps on one side, then switch arms. Aim to keep these strict, without using ...

The upper back is an important enough area to train that many gym rats devote two whole days to it each week—this is what “pull day” really means. With strong lats and other upper back muscles, you ...

This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...

These nine one-minute moves — broken into sets of three — form a whole-body workout that you can do at home two to three times a week. First, find the right weights for your body. Bows & Arrows Rows ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THERE ARE FEW exercises you'll see guys doing in the gym more often than the classic dumbbell row on a ...

Skip the machines. Build muscle after 60 with squats, overhead presses, lunges, and dumbbell rows, plus form tips.

If your goal is building a bigger back to fill out your t-shirt, then the traditional single-arm dumbbell row is one of the best exercises you can do. But, have you heard of Kroc rows? It’s a ...