As a mnemonic, any exercise with “pull” or “row” in the name is likely to work your upper back ... and highlight the lat isolation that’s most popular these days: the one arm lat ...

you can build muscle with only compound exercises in your programme. You don't need to include isolation exercises if you don't want to, but including them can result in a more well-rounded programme.

you have to include some isolation exercises in your training. If you’re only bench pressing and bent over rowing you’ll be building the large, powerful muscles like your pecs and lats – but ...