How do you get a defined back?

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Anonymous wrote:Reformer Pilates here

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Anonymous wrote:Years of wonderful downward dogs. I love them. My back is beautiful.

So is your mum

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly though this is 90%+ genetics. You can build muscle, but unless you're crazy ripped (or very thin) this will not necessarily happen without the genetic piece.

I would agree if we were talking about abs which some might never achieve even super lean, because they hold all their fat over them, but a defined back should be possible for pretty much anyone. Sure, it will be easier for some than others, but the recipe is the same for all: lift weights and get lean.

Absolutely agree! Having back muscles is not genetic.

People that carry fat in their stomach area also carry more around back too. Stomach rolls and bra strap rolls go hand in hand

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Both muscle and definition are built in the kitchen, and secondarily in the gym.

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Anonymous wrote:Years of wonderful downward dogs. I love them. My back is beautiful.

Who the hell looks at their back? Must be the same people who get labiaplasty—an unhealthy obsession with their bodies’ appearance.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly though this is 90%+ genetics. You can build muscle, but unless you're crazy ripped (or very thin) this will not necessarily happen without the genetic piece.

I would agree if we were talking about abs which some might never achieve even super lean, because they hold all their fat over them, but a defined back should be possible for pretty much anyone. Sure, it will be easier for some than others, but the recipe is the same for all: lift weights and get lean.

Absolutely agree! Having back muscles is not genetic.

People that carry fat in their stomach area also carry more around back too. Stomach rolls and bra strap rolls go hand in hand

+1 ...being lean is genetic

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly though this is 90%+ genetics. You can build muscle, but unless you're crazy ripped (or very thin) this will not necessarily happen without the genetic piece.

I would agree if we were talking about abs which some might never achieve even super lean, because they hold all their fat over them, but a defined back should be possible for pretty much anyone. Sure, it will be easier for some than others, but the recipe is the same for all: lift weights and get lean.

Absolutely agree! Having back muscles is not genetic.

People that carry fat in their stomach area also carry more around back too. Stomach rolls and bra strap rolls go hand in hand

+1 ...being lean is genetic

No, where you store fat is generic. Anyone can be lean.

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Aerials and acrobatics.

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Swimming and yoga. For 35 years now.

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Pull ups

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Not being fat. You already have muscles under there. But shedding the fat reveals them.

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weight training and pushups.

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i like ab wheel rollouts, works core, arms, chest, back

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly though this is 90%+ genetics. You can build muscle, but unless you're crazy ripped (or very thin) this will not necessarily happen without the genetic piece.

I would agree if we were talking about abs which some might never achieve even super lean, because they hold all their fat over them, but a defined back should be possible for pretty much anyone. Sure, it will be easier for some than others, but the recipe is the same for all: lift weights and get lean.

Absolutely agree! Having back muscles is not genetic.

People that carry fat in their stomach area also carry more around back too. Stomach rolls and bra strap rolls go hand in hand

+1 ...being lean is genetic

No, where you store fat is generic. Anyone can be lean.

DP, but some people absolutely are genetically disposed to be overall leaner than others, i.e., lower body fat all over.

Most of the rest of us, though, tend to carry fat in certain places. Mine all goes to my hips and thighs, so it’s easier for me to have a defined back and arms. I’d have to starve myself to get defined legs. Others, it’s the opposite.