Hello! I work out my back twice a week! I always do three exercises to work out my back. I love to ski, where you pull the sled handles back while sitting down and it works out your back. However, I use the ski exercise as one of the three exercises every time I go to the gym. I always mix up the other two back exercises and change them up every time I work out my back at the gym.
I began ski-ing 120 pounds, and after a month, I still only rep-ed around 130 pounds. To me, this is a very small increase.
Is this because I am ski-ing every time I work out my back muscles?
But I always see people bench press on their chest days every time, and they still get bigger!

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