Deadlift for back development? Want thickness

[supersizeme]

That explains a lot. I did a ton of deadlifts yesterday, and my traps are killing me. I think im gonna throw deads in once a month, with bent barball rows replacing them in the reast of my workouts alternating grips. Does that sound fine for thickness, along with a ton of pullups?

I made a typo in my post that said "traps will thicken your back in the same sense that squats..."

I meant to say "deads will thicken..."

I would do them more often than once a month. Do them every other week at least. It's one of the big three compound exercises that is going to yield you the most growth. I alternate weekly doing light and heavy deads. Leaving out deads would be akin to leaving squats out of your routine except for every other week or once a month. Unless you've got some injury that keeps you from doing them, why would you want to cut out a exercise that is so beneficial to muscle growth? Still do them on your back day along with your pullups and rows. I have a traps/hams day where I do stiff legged deads, so that on back day I can focus my effort on pullups and rowing.

 

[WannaBPowerful]

I want to cut them out because my traps dominate my back by a TON. My traps are thick as hell and stirated, but the outer lats have no thickness to them. Im into bodybuilding so i need to catch up my lats before i go on developing my traps again.