Prioritize Your Back Muscles

Prioritize Your Back Muscles!

The most important things are often the ones you can't see.

A common illusion was set by the over marketed fitness industry, letting most people wanting big chests, big biceps and square abs. All of these are fine, besides the fact that this needs to start with a shredded back.

Back muscles are usually underrated and underworked. However they are the most important muscle chain in the upper body.

Besides all the functional benefits from having a solid back (this would require an entire bio-mechanic blog post), this muscle chain is also in charge of keeping your spine happy, which holds your skull, which contains your brain. 

Needless to explain further why a strong back matters.

Here is how to make pull ups and pulling variations a staple component of your workout routines!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the common illusion created by the fitness industry regarding desired physique? The fitness industry commonly over-markets and prioritizes big $\mathbf{chests}$, big $\mathbf{biceps}$, and square $\mathbf{abs}$, leading people to focus on muscles they can see.

2. Why are back muscles considered underrated and underworked? Back muscles are usually underrated and underworked despite being the $\mathbf{most}\mathbf{important}\mathbf{muscle}\mathbf{chain}\mathbf{in}\mathbf{the}\mathbf{upper}\mathbf{body}$.

3. What is the most critical function of having a solid back? Besides functional benefits, the back muscle chain is $\mathbf{in}\mathbf{charge}\mathbf{of}\mathbf{keeping}\mathbf{your}\mathbf{spine}\mathbf{happy}$. The spine holds your $\mathbf{skull}$, which contains your $\mathbf{brain}$, making a strong back crucial for overall health.

4. What is the key piece of advice for training the back effectively? The key piece of advice is to $\mathbf{make}\mathbf{pull}\mathbf{ups}\mathbf{and}\mathbf{pulling}\mathbf{variations}\mathbf{a}\mathbf{staple}\mathbf{component}$ of your workout routines.