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Deadlifts are good dont get me wrong but I do think if you want overall growth, development and detail in your back you need to be doing alot of other things.
Deadlifts are great for glute, hamstring and lower back development...not so much upper back and detail.
When benching correctly the rear delts play a huge role in driving the weight.
If you ever see good bench pressers they will have huge triceps, huge rear delts/traps,front delts and honestly alot of them dont have great chests. The above muscles mentioned are what will give you a big bench.
no one likes the inverted row? I like these as less risk than bent rows (which I do also) and I prefer higher reps.
I don't have a back workout as such but over a general week I would do
pullups (shitloads at BW, less weighted)
bent rows
inverted rows
deadlifts (when hip wasn't injured) SLDL's at the moment.
backward sled drags
I like inverted rows a lot. I'd like to progress to doing them with feet elevated on a bench. I do chins with neutral grip, close grip seated rows and usually deadlifts, though cut back on these lately as back been playing up. Also do Lat Pulldown from time to time...higher reps, around 12.
I've done bent rows at various times, but then thought seated rows make more sense from safety perspective, and they're basically the same exercise except you're sitting on your ass. Overall though, chins are the bread and butter back exercise for me.