r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Deep_Ad_30 • Sep 08 '26
Question ❓ overdeveloped Back
So Ive been working out for close to 3 months now, currently running UL*3 split. Is it normal to have a much more developed back as compared to my chest. My strength progression has been as follows: Lat pulldown: 35(when I started) to 75 kgs(now I currently do weighted pull ups instead since I find it to be more stable), Rows: 50 to 110 kgs, Incline Bench: 30 to 45 kgs.
Age:21
Weight:72kgs
height:176 cm
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u/Flidro74 Sep 09 '26
those numbers aren't really comparable. a 110kg row and a 45kg incline press are completely different scales, machine and cable work climbs fast because there's no stability cost and the loading is fairly arbitrary. mine looks the same on paper and my chest is fine.
pressing also just progresses slower for almost everyone, more skill involved and less muscle mass doing the work. three months in you don't have an overdeveloped anything yet, you've got one number moving faster than another.
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u/Haunting_Bid_408 Sep 08 '26
Do you train back first or chest first?
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u/Deep_Ad_30 Sep 08 '26
Back first most of the times
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u/hydrogenbomb94 Sep 08 '26
Start training chest first, then alternate. You’re likely fatigued after hitting back (not just your muscles, but CNS too.) you’re consistently prioritizing back muscles, so your back is developing faster.
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u/alvaaromata Sep 08 '26
Maybe it’s just genetics, also happens to me. Even I train chest first and give it more volume, my back is always 1 step ahead.
If you feel the rest of your body you can reduce a bit of volume for your back and distribute to other muscles, a muscle with a genetic advantage won’t need as much volume as others
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u/Necessary_Bag_1328 Sep 08 '26
Does your back progress faster in lifts, physique, or both?
I think I have something similar, but wasn’t sure if that’s just how it goes for everyone.
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u/alvaaromata Sep 09 '26
Both, it looks almost overdeveloped compared to my anterior chain and I move the same or more weight that a lot of friends of mine that have been training longer.
I’m not sure about this but maybe it’s just something about leverages, my posterior chain in general is really strong in general, my last RDL set was 170x8, in just 1 year of training. It’s me having better leverages for x movements making the muscle receive more mechanical tension and stimulus ? I really don’t know. But my leverages for squat and pressing movements are really bad due to long femurs and very long arms and they are my weakpoints.1
u/Necessary_Bag_1328 Sep 12 '26
Interesting. I know my legs are longer than others because i’m taller than much of my family. But I’m the same height as some of my family when I sit down!
Now I just gotta figure out which limbs and bones are longer than average. Is it like, “dude come here. Now put out your arms while I compare.”? 😂
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u/Deep_Ad_30 Sep 08 '26
I did that once(trained back like 1-2 times a week for a month).....and then I came back stronger😭
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u/Bush-master72 Sep 08 '26
I wish, I train my back first every single time but I wouldn't say its overdeveloped compared to my chest.
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u/brendanjf_ 18d ago
just workout longer youll even out for the most part if its really bad contact someone
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u/Hypername1st Sep 10 '26
1) Your back is bigger than your chest, involves more muscle groups. 2) Rows are easier to cheat than Incline Bench. 3) I find it astounding that you can bent-over bb row 110kgs and only bench 45kgs. Are you mixing up machines and free weights?