Exercise advice for back

[marcelh]

I've been trying to get more of a v taper going on.
I've been training for a solid 2 1/2 years but I'm 6"3 so I probably just need to add more mass for it to happen.
Current exercises I use for back are deads rackpulls chin-ups, pulldowns, and rows (cable db and bb)

Here's a recent picture and one 1 1/2 years old.
You can see I've added mass but I want more of that v taper appearance.

Any advice on what exercises worked best for you would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Marcel.

[Schwarzenegger]

my back workouts consist of heavy weight 10-12 rep range

1. T-bar rows but with the free bar in the corner and the V attachment
2. Barbell rows 2 sets overhand grip, 2 sets underhand grip
3. Seated cable rows
4. Dumbbell rows (flex lats each rep)
5. Finish with any hammer strength machine

Focus on contraction of lats. Its easy to just contract the rhomboids and traps and pull with the biceps, which you dont want to do unless ur targeting rhomboids or traps.

Object of the game is to retract ur scapula and use ur arms as hooks and flex the lats each rep. If u dont feel a contraction then lower the weight
hope that helps.

[kelkel]

Just keep it basic and simple. What you're doing is working as you've made great progress in that time period. Be patient, work hard and really focus on your nutrition, which is where most fail.

[hellomycognomen]

Add extra wide pull ups, if you can do 20+ add dip belt weights. Could be genetic also, I work my lats and they are not as big as my brothers who barely does anything and has monster lats.

[Euroholic]

T bar rows!!!!!!!

[lovbyts]

Just keep it basic and simple. What you're doing is working as you've made great progress in that time period. Be patient, work hard and really focus on your nutrition, which is where most fail.

I agree with this ^^^ looking at your pictures you have made good gains. it all takes time.

[zinghigh89]

My back grew relatively easy as I feel it must have been my best muscle group as far as genetics go. My chest, back are decent, my arms suck. But my back routine remains consistent and it continues to get denser. I do Layne Norton's PHAT workout so a typical week will look like this for back (only back work shown, these lifts chosen by me as I have seen most progress from them)

day 1 upper power focus
-bent over bb row (sometimes done in dead stop fashion) 3x3-5 reps
-weighted chin or pull up 2x6-10
-single arm db row 3x6-10 *either on the bench or tripod style against the db rack **I feel these have given me the best results, always let the scapula come apart by letting the working shoulder kind of sink down toward the floor. I teach this by telling the person to look in the mirror and imagine their shoulders as the horizon, as you perform the negative let the working side dip downward and then as you perform the positive bring the shoulder blades back together and straighten out the "horizon"
-Tbar row or hammer strength high row 2x6-10

day 4 back and delts hypertrophy
-wide pulldown 2x8-12
-close neutral pulldown 2x12-15
-seated row 2x12-15
-single arm seated row 1x15-20
-single arm db or bb row 2x anywhere from 8-30 depending on how I feel
-pullovers done John Meadows style *head hanging off bench only coming up about 1/2 way to keep tension on lats and serratus
-upright row 3x12-15 *done before other delt work as a gradual flow from back to delts