Good rhomboid exercises?

"Jerry G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The muscles between my shoulder blades and my traps seem to be out of
proportion to the rest of my back, anyone have some good excercises for

this

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area of the back? Thanks, Jerry_G

Bent over BB rows. T-bar Rows. When you do them, don't just bring the weight
up. concentrate on squeezing the shoulder blades together.

Jerry G said:

The muscles between my shoulder blades and my traps seem to be

out

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of proportion to the rest of my back, anyone have some good
excercises for this area of the back?
Thanks, Jerry_G

In addition to the rows like cable row, barbell row, t-bar row,
you can do a bent-over barbell shrug. It's starts the same as a
barbell row but you just shrug your rhomboids like a standing
shrug for traps, keeping your arms straight.

locker

Jerry G said:

The muscles between my shoulder blades and my traps seem to be out of
proportion to the rest of my back, anyone have some good excercises for this
area of the back?

The trap and rhomboid muscles are both between the shoulder blades.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/BBBentOverRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/CBWideGripSeatedRow.html
Others > > http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/BackWt.html

locker said:

Jerry G said:

The muscles between my shoulder blades and my traps seem to

be out

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

of proportion to the rest of my back, anyone have some good
excercises for this area of the back?
Thanks, Jerry_G

In addition to the rows like cable row, barbell row, t-bar

row,

Quoted message said:

you can do a bent-over barbell shrug. It's starts the same as

a

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barbell row but you just shrug your rhomboids like a standing
shrug for traps, keeping your arms straight.

A variation on the above shrug is to use dumbbells and rotate
your arms to different positions. Palms forward will isolate
your rhomboids a bit more. Palms back will work the lower traps.

locker

Jeff Finlayson!!! It speaks:

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http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/BBBentOverRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/CBWideGripSeatedRow.html
Others > > http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/BackWt.html

Very good Jeff...
Also - Face pulls
I would also add one that is not so obvious, but did wonders for me -
Overhead squat.

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