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Title: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: tallgerman on October 05, 2010, 02:16:15 AM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?
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Post by: LatsMcGee on October 05, 2010, 02:22:49 AM

suggestions?

Take a swan dive into a woodchipper. 
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Post by: tallgerman on October 05, 2010, 02:24:09 AM
you first! :)
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Post by: coltrane on October 05, 2010, 06:40:41 AM
I find the best way to perform these is with a smith machine and going a bit lighter, say sets of 13... and giving a slight pause at contraction.


Used to do the heavy freeweight version with much more weight, but that only added to my lower back pain. 
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Post by: powerpack on October 05, 2010, 06:43:48 AM
Yup they are my main back movement
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Post by: jumpstart on October 05, 2010, 06:44:46 AM
try doing dumbell rolls instead.
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Post by: Tito24 on October 05, 2010, 06:45:38 AM
it stays an uncomfortable position but is good excercize.
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Post by: FREAKgeek on October 05, 2010, 07:51:15 AM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?

You're not 90 degrees bent over.  That would place too much stress on the lower back when the weights get heavy. 45 degrees is fine. There are a lot of youtube videos showing good form.
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Post by: StanZoLOL on October 05, 2010, 07:52:29 AM
I prefer supported row variations. Yeah you can't throw around 405 but a lot safer IMO.
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Post by: _bruce_ on October 05, 2010, 08:01:38 AM
90 degrees or nothing.
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Post by: JP_RC on October 05, 2010, 08:03:53 AM
I felt uncomfortable at first too, but given the time you'll get used to them.

I also feel dumbell rows and t-bar rows work my lats much better than the standard barbell row.
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Post by: Hulkotron on October 05, 2010, 08:22:45 AM
What about bench presses?  Does anyone else do those?
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Post by: jaejonna on October 05, 2010, 08:27:50 AM
hahaha 'Blew-two'
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Post by: Evo on October 05, 2010, 08:39:06 AM
try doing dumbell rolls instead.

lol! I think that TG 'racku disapwin'



Yates style rows or don't bother.


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Post by: lesaucer on October 05, 2010, 08:40:59 AM
I only do heavy dumbbell rows and lots of machines for my back and my lats are crazy huge, probably my best bodypart. Barbell rows put too much pressure on my lower back and the grip is fucking uncomfortable
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on October 05, 2010, 08:58:17 AM
90 degrees or nothing.

Agreed. Back parallel to the ground or you are a pussy.
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Post by: Smanjh on October 05, 2010, 09:00:08 AM
Just make sure your back is straight and your lower back is not arched, and for the love of god practice the form with maybe higher reps for a few workouts before going heavy.
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Post by: Ursus on October 05, 2010, 09:05:29 AM
I do them at qyite a vertical angle. I feel it in my lats though by pulling my elbows back. i work up to over 300lbs. Doing 135lbs @ 90 degrees is unomfortable for me. I do keep my back straight and lower back tight throughout.
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Post by: Coach is Back! on October 05, 2010, 09:47:24 AM
Chest supported DB rows are just as effective and save your back.
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Post by: StanZoLOL on October 05, 2010, 09:51:07 AM
Chest supported DB rows are just as effective and save your back.

This. I never understood why people think "heavy" (cheat) rows are more effective. Would bounced benches be more effective?  ::)
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Post by: Lion666 on October 05, 2010, 10:13:19 AM
I do them at qyite a vertical angle. I feel it in my lats though by pulling my elbows back. i work up to over 300lbs. Doing 135lbs @ 90 degrees is unomfortable for me. I do keep my back straight and lower back tight throughout.

thats like a dorian yates style,,, 45 dgree angle as opposed to 90 like old timers, like arnold franco etc., look at them do rows,,, they used to stand on a bench or block to let the bar down low.
theres a few dy vids on md,,, someone posted links here a few days ago and dy gave a back demo and explained his theory on rows and not bending forward too much so....

bb'n is all about more than one way to skin a cat.  i started bb rows in a gym where the old school 90 was the way so if you didnt do them like that you werent doing them right so i started light and worked up after a yr or two.  the move is always uncomfortable thats part of the move, keeping back str8, bent at hip, tuff to breathe etc...
always thought halfway was half bentover row and uprights.

bb rows are cool.

for the dudes that hav tufff time wit em do seated cable rows, close or wide grip, similar bc it works the horizontal plane without havent to bend to use gravity
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Post by: funk51 on October 05, 2010, 10:35:01 AM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?
use an e-z curl bar take a curl grip and bend over and row. simple
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Post by: coltrane on October 05, 2010, 11:23:50 AM
I've done them each and every way.  I prefer on a smith, dorian style... which hits that middle upper back area well... PLUS it saves your lower back.
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Post by: FREAKgeek on October 05, 2010, 11:38:31 AM
Agreed. Back parallel to the ground or you are a pussy.

Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.

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Post by: JP_RC on October 05, 2010, 11:59:42 AM
Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.



was this supposed to be an example of good form? ???
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Post by: mesmorph78 on October 05, 2010, 12:16:11 PM
Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.


that's how I do mine
3 sets of 10 to 12 no less than 10 
working up to 315
could go heavier but then my form would suffer
like you often see a loft of guys doing this standing nearly strainght up
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Post by: hench on October 05, 2010, 12:30:20 PM
I find 1 arm dumbbell rows work better, feel it more in the lats and can control the movement better as you can lean the unworked side on a bench
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Post by: Hulkotron on October 05, 2010, 12:56:43 PM
was this supposed to be an example of good form? ???

He's using a some momentum for sure but I don't think his form is that bad.
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Post by: mesmorph78 on October 05, 2010, 01:17:48 PM
I find 1 arm dumbbell rows work better, feel it more in the lats and can control the movement better as you can lean the unworked side on a bench
I do both barbell rows and dumbell rows
sometimes just the five big ones

deadlifts
barbell rows
tbar rows
one arm dumbell rows
chins
at least 3 of these are in every back workout
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Post by: Nirvana on October 05, 2010, 01:36:43 PM
Agreed. Back parallel to the ground or you are a pussy.
(http://athlete.ru/fotos/profi/dorian/dorian_yates_020.jpg)
(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/aBATxe3DTiQ/0.jpg)
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Post by: Tapeworm on October 05, 2010, 01:43:49 PM
One arm DB or machine for me.
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Post by: coltrane on October 05, 2010, 01:45:47 PM
I'm telling you fuckers...  do 'em the way dorian did 'em.  Works that middle upper back..

but do them on a smith.  Keeps the movement linear.
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Post by: Tre on October 05, 2010, 02:09:30 PM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?

dumbbell rows: strict form for 3 sets, shitty form for 2 additional sets

deadlifts: strict form for 3 sets, shitty form for 1-2 additional heavy-as-fuck sets

Fuck barbell rows for now.  The other two exercises will make a man out of you when combined with other basics like pulldowns and t-bar rows. 
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Post by: dov on October 05, 2010, 02:31:30 PM
I'm telling you fuckers...  do 'em the way dorian did 'em.  Works that middle upper back..

but do them on a smith.  Keeps the movement linear.
?? Look like shrug
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Post by: epic_alien on October 05, 2010, 04:58:27 PM
that's how I do mine
3 sets of 10 to 12 no less than 10 
working up to 315
could go heavier but then my form would suffer
like you often see a loft of guys doing this standing nearly strainght up

those must be those 22lbs plates, because there is no way this guy is rowing 5 plates and change

is he in a metric country or what?
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Post by: dr.chimps on October 05, 2010, 05:01:25 PM
One arm DB or machine for me.
T-Bar. Small plates for a great contraction, or larger for the big pump. I like a mix.
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Post by: stormshadow on October 05, 2010, 07:32:46 PM
was this supposed to be an example of good form? ???

You are a fucking clown!

That is some goddamn serious strength right there.
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Post by: Tapeworm on October 06, 2010, 03:26:01 AM
T-Bar. Small plates for a great contraction, or larger for the big pump. I like a mix.

Own the handle and never use it.  I'll give it a shot tonight.  Never been much of a rower (except for cardio).  Always been a chins guy for back.  Probably why my traps are so poor.
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Post by: Playboy on October 06, 2010, 05:04:32 AM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?
Not me. I would rather T-bar row. Much easier on the lower back.
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Post by: coltrane on October 06, 2010, 06:36:07 AM
?? Look like shrug

well, not quite.  The bar moves along the upper leg to the belt-line.  You're bent at about at about 45 degrees from standing straight up.  Pull the bar to your belt-line.   See the pics of dorian.
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Post by: JP_RC on October 06, 2010, 06:47:11 AM
You are a fucking clown!

That is some goddamn serious strength right there.

He is definitively strong no doubt about it, but his form is not very good.

What do you want to do, build strength at all costs or build muscle?
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Post by: Meso_z on October 06, 2010, 06:52:21 AM
Lately ive stoped doing 1 arm dumbell rows completely and started doing them with both arms a dumbell in each hand. Took that from Jays workout in a youtube vid. great movement.
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Post by: affeman on October 06, 2010, 06:56:51 AM
This. I never understood why people think "heavy" (cheat) rows are more effective. Would bounced benches be more effective?  ::)

Cause it worked for him.

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Post by: dov on October 06, 2010, 07:01:24 AM
Steroidz worked for hinm and btw steroids make people very strong. True stories
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Post by: Ropo on October 06, 2010, 07:24:24 AM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?

Your and 99% of people have same problem with this exercise: Your lower back is weak. First of all you have to have enough strength in your lower back to maintain that hideous posture and 90° angle. If so, you can use full range of motion and you really benefit by doing that exercise. Those blockheads who do it in 45° angle look like idiots with their 20% range of motion, and that is what they deserve, because they doesn't benefit at all by doing that. Secondly, you have to use moderate weights while doing this, because of the posture, until you know how to do it right. What I do is that I load a barbell to the floor, and put little piece of veneer front of it, so when I stand front of the barbell my heel is on the veneer, half an inch higher than my toe. Then I bend down and also bend my knees and tighten the straps. Then I pull the barbell against my shins. Then I straighten my knees and continue to the lift. I pull the barbell against my lower abdomen and arch my upper back while my lower back stays motionless. Then I lower the barbell for the next rep. I start with two 40lb plates and add 20lb per set for four sets. For lower back strength I do 40 reps of hyper extension three times per week + 40 reps of crunch, 20 reps of side crunch, and couple of sets of stiff legged dead lifts once per week. I also do dead lifts once per two weeks.    
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Post by: JP_RC on October 06, 2010, 07:36:57 AM
Cause it worked for him.



Don't try to emulate Ronnie's training cause you'll just get injured, he was a freak.
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Post by: StanZoLOL on October 06, 2010, 07:41:52 AM
Exactly. Oh, and didn't he tear a lat?  :D
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Post by: affeman on October 06, 2010, 08:03:33 AM
Exactly. Oh, and didn't he tear a lat?  :D

You wonder? :D

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Post by: Playboy on October 06, 2010, 12:18:49 PM
I find a good combo is t-bar rowing for 4 sets then one arm dumbbell rowing for 4 sets and only after that the cable work. Makes your back nice and thick.
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Post by: mesmorph78 on October 06, 2010, 12:22:36 PM
I find a good combo is t-bar rowing for 4 sets then one arm dumbbell rowing for 4 sets and only after that the cable work. Makes your back nice and thick.
100% correct
cable work or bitch excersises as i call them should coe after the hard and heavy free weight work
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Post by: Master Blaster on October 06, 2010, 12:24:05 PM
Your and 99% of people have same problem with this exercise: Your lower back is weak. First of all you have to have enough strength in your lower back to maintain that hideous posture and 90° angle. If so, you can use full range of motion and you really benefit by doing that exercise. Those blockheads who do it in 45° angle look like idiots with their 20% range of motion, and that is what they deserve, because they doesn't benefit at all by doing that. Secondly, you have to use moderate weights while doing this, because of the posture, until you know how to do it right. What I do is that I load a barbell to the floor, and put little piece of veneer front of it, so when I stand front of the barbell my heel is on the veneer, half an inch higher than my toe. Then I bend down and also bend my knees and tighten the straps. Then I pull the barbell against my shins. Then I straighten my knees and continue to the lift. I pull the barbell against my lower abdomen and arch my upper back while my lower back stays motionless. Then I lower the barbell for the next rep. I start with two 40lb plates and add 20lb per set for four sets. For lower back strength I do 40 reps of hyper extension three times per week + 40 reps of crunch, 20 reps of side crunch, and couple of sets of stiff legged dead lifts once per week. I also do dead lifts once per two weeks.    

Hahah....who is this moron?
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Post by: tallgerman on October 06, 2010, 01:58:36 PM
(http://athlete.ru/fotos/profi/dorian/dorian_yates_020.jpg)
(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/aBATxe3DTiQ/0.jpg)

interesting underhanded

I have hear that lets the bicep be stronger and helps lats get stronger

arthur kones n mentzer i think noted the same
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Post by: Oldschool Flip on October 06, 2010, 02:01:23 PM
Maybe I am infelxible but I couldnt bend over and kinda have my ass out and back arched,  I sorta ended up at lik 110degree more than 90 angle rowing.

I know it is a great movement and lats are one of my shittiest bodyparts.

suggestions?
Well if can't bend over then yeah you're inflexible. And you answered it yourself. If your lats suck, it's because you suck at barbell rows.
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Post by: Grape Ape on October 06, 2010, 02:06:14 PM
Flat back, 90 degrees, pause at the bottom to eliminate band reflex, repeat.

Try the flat back with lighter weight as opposed to the 45 half repping.  You'll feel it more in your middle upper back.
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Post by: Lion666 on October 06, 2010, 03:22:13 PM
Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.



dudes thats sik
colemesque
yates for sure
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Post by: Lion666 on October 06, 2010, 03:23:51 PM
I'm telling you fuckers...  do 'em the way dorian did 'em.  Works that middle upper back..

but do them on a smith.  Keeps the movement linear.

u really think those are better than barbll,,,
y
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Post by: FREAKgeek on October 06, 2010, 04:23:08 PM
 
Your and 99% of people have same problem with this exercise: Your lower back is weak. First of all you have to have enough strength in your lower back to maintain that hideous posture and 90° angle. If so, you can use full range of motion and you really benefit by doing that exercise. Those blockheads who do it in 45° angle look like idiots with their 20% range of motion, and that is what they deserve, because they doesn't benefit at all by doing that. Secondly, you have to use moderate weights while doing this, because of the posture, until you know how to do it right. What I do is that I load a barbell to the floor, and put little piece of veneer front of it, so when I stand front of the barbell my heel is on the veneer, half an inch higher than my toe. Then I bend down and also bend my knees and tighten the straps. Then I pull the barbell against my shins. Then I straighten my knees and continue to the lift. I pull the barbell against my lower abdomen and arch my upper back while my lower back stays motionless. Then I lower the barbell for the next rep. I start with two 40lb plates and add 20lb per set for four sets. For lower back strength I do 40 reps of hyper extension three times per week + 40 reps of crunch, 20 reps of side crunch, and couple of sets of stiff legged dead lifts once per week. I also do dead lifts once per two weeks.    

The BB row done above parallel is a full body power movement. It's old school; it is and was done by top strongmen. It's not done in the haphazard manner you describe, at least not with serious trainees. These guys are the same type of guys who do stuff like heavy clean and presses, one arm presses, standing presses, odd lifts etc, stuff that gets your lower back much stronger than your routine.  The method you decscribe is more isolation, BB type stuff. Look, I really don't care how you or anyone else does them. That was not my point. I was just replying to comments about them being pussy if not done parallel, it's not true.  
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Post by: Nirvana on October 06, 2010, 05:38:03 PM
interesting underhanded

I have hear that lets the bicep be stronger and helps lats get stronger

arthur kones n mentzer i think noted the same
he had to stop the underhand after he tore a bicep
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Post by: JP_RC on October 07, 2010, 06:41:00 AM
interesting underhanded

I have hear that lets the bicep be stronger and helps lats get stronger

arthur kones n mentzer i think noted the same

That's the way he tore his bicep.
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Post by: Meso_z on October 07, 2010, 06:47:38 AM
I do rows with your mom.
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Post by: coltrane on October 07, 2010, 07:59:44 AM
u really think those are better than barbll,,,
y


Yes, because I think you keep that same plane of movement... and i feel that i can squeeze the contraction better.  .  
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Post by: geneticmarvel on October 07, 2010, 09:30:45 AM
Take a swan dive into a woodchipper. 

Ahahahahahaha priceless. What a peaceful way to go out that would be lol
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Post by: Playboy on October 07, 2010, 11:30:47 AM
You gotta watch on those underhanded bent over barbell rows though. Thats a good way to tair your biceps like Dorian did when going heavy.
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Post by: Evo on October 07, 2010, 11:35:00 AM
interesting underhanded

I have hear that lets the bicep be stronger and helps lats get stronger


Underhand makes for a stronger row as the biomechanics as changed, more bicep pull....
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Post by: StanZoLOL on October 07, 2010, 11:56:00 AM
Underhand makes for a stronger row as the biomechanics as changed, more bicep pull....

This. Narrower grip is usually stronger on rows/chins etc, too, and underhand pulls the elbows more inward. (more lats)
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Post by: Evo on October 07, 2010, 12:31:54 PM
Going too wide on most exercises will ruin them, takes a lot out of the ROM.
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Post by: Ropo on October 07, 2010, 12:41:13 PM
Hahah....who is this moron?

Just someone who knows more about the sport than you, obviously. You and your little friends go wrong looking how Yates, Ronnie, Jay do it AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING 10+ YEARS, NOT MENTIONED THAT TRUCKLOAD OF GEAR WHICH THEY HAVE USE IN THOSE YEARS. If you fill your system with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow. On the other hand, if you are building your body without any gear, and you wish maintain your ability to do these rows, you listen to wise old geezer. You brats are ego builders without any real understanding how your body works, and you have great hurry to deny the fact, that you get the best benefit by using full range of motion.

You prefer heavy load and half reps, and then you are whining about sore back, lack of mass etc. which all comes because you are using weights you cannot handle. I have seen this thousands of times and I will see it thousands of times again, because you teenagers never learn. You guys are so stubborn that you don't even try to do it right, because it means that you cannot use as much weight as you have been using while yanking those useless half reps, and you are afraid that some one see it and think that you are weak. Funny part of this matter is that by doing it with full range of motion, you gain more power and fast, because that is your backs first response for this exercise.

In my gym there was this young guy doing rows with Yates style, and after each set he was walking around keeping his hand on his lower back and obviously in pain. I point out the faults which he has done and show him a correct way to do it. With Yates style he was lifting 240lb in his best set. With this "old school style" he was soon able to do sets with 320lb and without the back pain. To get there he concentrate for a while to training his lower back/ middle section in shape, because you really cannot use your full power without good support from middle of your body.

I told you that I do 40 reps of hyper extensions three times per week. Twenty years back I read somewhere that Robbie Robinson was able to do 20 sets with 20 reps, so I have to try it, and at the end, that was easy task for me. These days it would be more difficult, but I have done half of it just to try how it goes. Your best effort is what? 1 x 12 reps?  
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: geneticmarvel on October 07, 2010, 01:59:40 PM
Just someone who knows more about the sport than you, obviously. You and your little friends go wrong looking how Yates, Ronnie, Jay do it AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING 10+ YEARS, NOT MENTIONED THAT TRUCKLOAD OF GEAR WHICH THEY HAVE USE IN THOSE YEARS. If you fill your system with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow. On the other hand, if you are building your body without any gear, and you wish maintain your ability to do these rows, you listen to wise old geezer. You brats are ego builders without any real understanding how your body works, and you have great hurry to deny the fact, that you get the best benefit by using full range of motion.

You prefer heavy load and half reps, and then you are whining about sore back, lack of mass etc. which all comes because you are using weights you cannot handle. I have seen this thousands of times and I will see it thousands of times again, because you teenagers never learn. You guys are so stubborn that you don't even try to do it right, because it means that you cannot use as much weight as you have been using while yanking those useless half reps, and you are afraid that some one see it and think that you are weak. Funny part of this matter is that by doing it with full range of motion, you gain more power and fast, because that is your backs first response for this exercise.

In my gym there was this young guy doing rows with Yates style, and after each set he was walking around keeping his hand on his lower back and obviously in pain. I point out the faults which he has done and show him a correct way to do it. With Yates style he was lifting 240lb in his best set. With this "old school style" he was soon able to do sets with 320lb and without the back pain. To get there he concentrate for a while to training his lower back/ middle section in shape, because you really cannot use your full power without good support from middle of your body.

I told you that I do 40 reps of hyper extensions three times per week. Twenty years back I read somewhere that Robbie Robinson was able to do 20 sets with 20 reps, so I have to try it, and at the end, that was easy task for me. These days it would be more difficult, but I have done half of it just to try how it goes. Your best effort is what? 1 x 12 reps?  

Wow. You are right though not too many people know how to train properly these days considering most people do steroids right off the bat without learning how to train properly, given the fact they have no intentions of ever learning the proper way and just want to be jacked overnight.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: nzmusclemonster on October 07, 2010, 02:01:54 PM
Well if can't bend over then yeah you're inflexible. And you answered it yourself. If your lats suck, it's because you suck at barbell rows.

sounds like you love bending over faggot.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Lion666 on October 07, 2010, 04:01:32 PM
Just someone who knows more about the sport than you, obviously. You and your little friends go wrong looking how Yates, Ronnie, Jay do it AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING 10+ YEARS, NOT MENTIONED THAT TRUCKLOAD OF GEAR WHICH THEY HAVE USE IN THOSE YEARS. If you fill your system with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow. On the other hand, if you are building your body without any gear, and you wish maintain your ability to do these rows, you listen to wise old geezer. You brats are ego builders without any real understanding how your body works, and you have great hurry to deny the fact, that you get the best benefit by using full range of motion.

You prefer heavy load and half reps, and then you are whining about sore back, lack of mass etc. which all comes because you are using weights you cannot handle. I have seen this thousands of times and I will see it thousands of times again, because you teenagers never learn. You guys are so stubborn that you don't even try to do it right, because it means that you cannot use as much weight as you have been using while yanking those useless half reps, and you are afraid that some one see it and think that you are weak. Funny part of this matter is that by doing it with full range of motion, you gain more power and fast, because that is your backs first response for this exercise.

In my gym there was this young guy doing rows with Yates style, and after each set he was walking around keeping his hand on his lower back and obviously in pain. I point out the faults which he has done and show him a correct way to do it. With Yates style he was lifting 240lb in his best set. With this "old school style" he was soon able to do sets with 320lb and without the back pain. To get there he concentrate for a while to training his lower back/ middle section in shape, because you really cannot use your full power without good support from middle of your body.

I told you that I do 40 reps of hyper extensions three times per week. Twenty years back I read somewhere that Robbie Robinson was able to do 20 sets with 20 reps, so I have to try it, and at the end, that was easy task for me. These days it would be more difficult, but I have done half of it just to try how it goes. Your best effort is what? 1 x 12 reps?  

good post
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Meso_z on October 08, 2010, 01:48:00 AM
Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.


WOW, this guy is a beast.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Lion666 on October 08, 2010, 01:52:29 AM
You gotta watch on those underhanded bent over barbell rows though. Thats a good way to tair your biceps like Dorian did when going heavy.

yeah dorian even says its better ovrhand, hits the lats the same anyway n if he could go back hed do them over
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: El_Torro on October 08, 2010, 05:08:58 AM
Just someone who knows more about the sport than you, obviously. You and your little friends go wrong looking how Yates, Ronnie, Jay do it AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING 10+ YEARS, NOT MENTIONED THAT TRUCKLOAD OF GEAR WHICH THEY HAVE USE IN THOSE YEARS. If you fill your system with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow. On the other hand, if you are building your body without any gear, and you wish maintain your ability to do these rows, you listen to wise old geezer. You brats are ego builders without any real understanding how your body works, and you have great hurry to deny the fact, that you get the best benefit by using full range of motion.

You prefer heavy load and half reps, and then you are whining about sore back, lack of mass etc. which all comes because you are using weights you cannot handle. I have seen this thousands of times and I will see it thousands of times again, because you teenagers never learn. You guys are so stubborn that you don't even try to do it right, because it means that you cannot use as much weight as you have been using while yanking those useless half reps, and you are afraid that some one see it and think that you are weak. Funny part of this matter is that by doing it with full range of motion, you gain more power and fast, because that is your backs first response for this exercise.

In my gym there was this young guy doing rows with Yates style, and after each set he was walking around keeping his hand on his lower back and obviously in pain. I point out the faults which he has done and show him a correct way to do it. With Yates style he was lifting 240lb in his best set. With this "old school style" he was soon able to do sets with 320lb and without the back pain. To get there he concentrate for a while to training his lower back/ middle section in shape, because you really cannot use your full power without good support from middle of your body.

I told you that I do 40 reps of hyper extensions three times per week. Twenty years back I read somewhere that Robbie Robinson was able to do 20 sets with 20 reps, so I have to try it, and at the end, that was easy task for me. These days it would be more difficult, but I have done half of it just to try how it goes. Your best effort is what? 1 x 12 reps?  


NOW i remember why i hardly ever come on getbig.... every moron on here thinks he is an expert.
First you start by pontification about how much you know about bodybuilding and then you say some of the stupidest shit ive ever heard.  So what if those guys are on a truckload of gear... the idea that "with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow" is moronic.  Think about it... if these guys WERE NOT using PREDOMIANTLY thier lats when they do bent over rows with "bad form" then how are their lats so big.  

I know what you are TRYING to say but you are DEAD WRONG.  The idea is that they are not using much lats cause their form is so bad but it doesnt matter because the little amount of stimulation they actually DO get to their lats is enough due to all the gear they are on.  If that logic was true these guys would not even need to do tricep work because they would still get big tris from doing just benches... they wouldnt need to do shoulder press of any kind cause their front delts would grow enough just from benching... they wouldnt need to train biceps cause their bis would get enough work from bent over rows with "bad form" ect ect.  Steroids or not you still have to directly stimulate the target muscle in order to make it grow to the degree that these guys have developed.  if you look at the way guys like Ronnie, Branch, Jonnie Jaskson train their form would probably be decried by your average planet fitness trainer or getbig expert/moron as being "all wrong" but who has the better development.... oh i forgot its only cause of steroids... you take steroids and you dont even need USE the target muscle group...it just grows like majic ::)

I always get internet “experts” telling me im doing it all wrong like in my video posted in this thread.  On my youtube channel page i have an open invitation which reads:
“To all those internet "experts" who offer me unsolicited advice, i will no longer be wasting my time responding to comments. If you want to offer me advice add me to facebook & that way we can see exactly who you are & the results of your training wisdom. I am not hiding who i am so unless you do the same i will know you have nothing & you are not worth listening to. It is no co-incidence that the people on here who criticize me have no videos of their own... most likely its cause you are to ashamed to show yourself.”

So far i have had no takers because much like getbig its much easier to criticize others without revealing who you are and not having to back up your “training wisdom” with your results.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: El_Torro on October 08, 2010, 05:11:07 AM
90 degrees or nothing.

 ::)
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: El_Torro on October 08, 2010, 05:13:21 AM
This. I never understood why people think "heavy" (cheat) rows are more effective. Would bounced benches be more effective?  ::)

LOL... more moronic statements... to many to even bother replying to all
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Lion666 on October 08, 2010, 05:26:50 AM
LOL... more moronic statements... to many to even bother replying to all

when you know the rules you can brake them
thats gotta be the thing w bb rows,
foundation built on good form is a good thing
and at somepoint you get good mind muscle connection what may look "loose form" to some is really someone using target muscle group while keeping it under total control and "slingin and stretchin" etc. body english heavy weight and all that follows...
like ppl on low cable rows that sit perfectly str8 and do the move controld etc., when yeah at some point you gotta let that strectch you and heave back and do the move different.
think you gotta graduate to get to that point, most dont.
what looks like when a pro lifts loose it very differnt when a wknd warrior slings loose

 uprights rows, 45 rows, 90 rows
3 similar/differnt moves right there
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: phyxsius on October 08, 2010, 06:19:22 AM
was this supposed to be an example of good form? ???

no just the vanity of weights...

form? what form?
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: JP_RC on October 08, 2010, 06:39:04 AM

NOW i remember why i hardly ever come on getbig.... every moron on here thinks he is an expert.
First you start by pontification about how much you know about bodybuilding and then you say some of the stupidest shit ive ever heard.  So what if those guys are on a truckload of gear... the idea that "with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow" is moronic.  Think about it... if these guys WERE NOT using PREDOMIANTLY thier lats when they do bent over rows with "bad form" then how are their lats so big.  

I know what you are TRYING to say but you are DEAD WRONG.  The idea is that they are not using much lats cause their form is so bad but it doesnt matter because the little amount of stimulation they actually DO get to their lats is enough due to all the gear they are on.  If that logic was true these guys would not even need to do tricep work because they would still get big tris from doing just benches... they wouldnt need to do shoulder press of any kind cause their front delts would grow enough just from benching... they wouldnt need to train biceps cause their bis would get enough work from bent over rows with "bad form" ect ect.  Steroids or not you still have to directly stimulate the target muscle in order to make it grow to the degree that these guys have developed.  if you look at the way guys like Ronnie, Branch, Jonnie Jaskson train their form would probably be decried by your average planet fitness trainer or getbig expert/moron as being "all wrong" but who has the better development.... oh i forgot its only cause of steroids... you take steroids and you dont even need USE the target muscle group...it just grows like majic ::)

I always get internet “experts” telling me im doing it all wrong like in my video posted in this thread.  On my youtube channel page i have an open invitation which reads:
“To all those internet "experts" who offer me unsolicited advice, i will no longer be wasting my time responding to comments. If you want to offer me advice add me to facebook & that way we can see exactly who you are & the results of your training wisdom. I am not hiding who i am so unless you do the same i will know you have nothing & you are not worth listening to. It is no co-incidence that the people on here who criticize me have no videos of their own... most likely its cause you are to ashamed to show yourself.”

So far i have had no takers because much like getbig its much easier to criticize others without revealing who you are and not having to back up your “training wisdom” with your results.


So.....you're the guy on the video?
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Ursus on October 08, 2010, 06:42:32 AM
I use close grip double overhand grip on BB rows.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: BIG ACH on October 08, 2010, 06:46:05 AM

I never do barbell rows.... HATE THEM!!!  Absolutely hate them...  Its bad because it truly is an awesome exercise, but I've never been a fan!
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: coltrane on October 08, 2010, 06:51:42 AM
I never do barbell rows.... HATE THEM!!!  Absolutely hate them...  Its bad because it truly is an awesome exercise, but I've never been a fan!

ACH:  I used to hate them too.. 

I just started them back up but on a smith with relatively light weight for higher sets of about 13 or so.    Each rep is paused too at contraction.  Very little lower back pain and great soreness the next few days.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: BIG ACH on October 08, 2010, 06:58:43 AM
ACH:  I used to hate them too.. 

I just started them back up but on a smith with relatively light weight for higher sets of about 13 or so.    Each rep is paused too at contraction.  Very little lower back pain and great soreness the next few days.

Are you able to do them on the same day you do deadlifts?  Or is it either/or?
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: coltrane on October 08, 2010, 07:03:25 AM
Are you able to do them on the same day you do deadlifts?  Or is it either/or?


Rarely do I DL anymore.  If I do, it's all on the same day, and the deads are partials from my shins.

The years of squats/deads/bent-over rows have taken a toll on my lower back.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: El_Torro on October 08, 2010, 07:10:42 AM
no just the vanity of weights...

form? what form?

Clever girl!!!... yes THAT is the reason.
They do also kinda of help your back grow... but thats not the point
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: JP_RC on October 08, 2010, 07:39:29 AM
Yes

Why are you getting all fired up because people here (myself included) are critizing your form?

All I can say is you do have a good back and probably years of training and experience so your mind/muscle connection is pretty good, that way what apparently seems as bad form actually works great for you.

But you can't show your video to a beginner and expect him to train like that, he probably won't get good results from it and maybe even get injured. He'll probably think "I just have to lift some heavy ass weights and throw them around like a maniac and I'll grow", but what he doesn't have is your experience.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: FREAKgeek on October 08, 2010, 07:46:37 AM

NOW i remember why i hardly ever come on getbig.... every moron on here thinks he is an expert.
First you start by pontification about how much you know about bodybuilding and then you say some of the stupidest shit ive ever heard.  So what if those guys are on a truckload of gear... the idea that "with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow" is moronic.  Think about it... if these guys WERE NOT using PREDOMIANTLY thier lats when they do bent over rows with "bad form" then how are their lats so big. 

I know what you are TRYING to say but you are DEAD WRONG.  The idea is that they are not using much lats cause their form is so bad but it doesnt matter because the little amount of stimulation they actually DO get to their lats is enough due to all the gear they are on.  If that logic was true these guys would not even need to do tricep work because they would still get big tris from doing just benches... they wouldnt need to do shoulder press of any kind cause their front delts would grow enough just from benching... they wouldnt need to train biceps cause their bis would get enough work from bent over rows with "bad form" ect ect.  Steroids or not you still have to directly stimulate the target muscle in order to make it grow to the degree that these guys have developed.  if you look at the way guys like Ronnie, Branch, Jonnie Jaskson train their form would probably be decried by your average planet fitness trainer or getbig expert/moron as being "all wrong" but who has the better development.... oh i forgot its only cause of steroids... you take steroids and you dont even need USE the target muscle group...it just grows like majic ::)

I always get internet “experts” telling me im doing it all wrong like in my video posted in this thread.  On my youtube channel page i have an open invitation which reads:
“To all those internet "experts" who offer me unsolicited advice, i will no longer be wasting my time responding to comments. If you want to offer me advice add me to facebook & that way we can see exactly who you are & the results of your training wisdom. I am not hiding who i am so unless you do the same i will know you have nothing & you are not worth listening to. It is no co-incidence that the people on here who criticize me have no videos of their own... most likely its cause you are to ashamed to show yourself.”

So far i have had no takers because much like getbig its much easier to criticize others without revealing who you are and not having to back up your “training wisdom” with your results.


Agreed. Don't let the exercise police stir you up.  :)








Here's one for the exercise police  :



you can have it your way   :)
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: StanZoLOL on October 08, 2010, 07:50:46 AM
Agreed. Don't let the exercise police stir you up.  :)





^ That's actually some of the best form I've seen with 405.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: nolotil on October 08, 2010, 08:01:33 AM
Agreed. Don't let the exercise police stir you up.  :)



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barbell rows can be done in many ways,, you can do it arnold style you can do it dorian style and so on dpending on what you wanna emphasise,, and there is correct cheating and there is incorrect cheating,,, the guy in the video is not doing bodybuilding style,, that is just ego lifting ,, his friends will tell him he is strong but this is not bodybuildfing training for sure
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: JP_RC on October 08, 2010, 08:14:12 AM
Agreed. Don't let the exercise police stir you up.  :)








Actually his form on the last two videos is very good, nothing like the first video or the one posted a page back.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: coltrane on October 08, 2010, 08:26:54 AM
Clever girl!!!... yes THAT is the reason.
They do also kinda of help your back grow... but thats not the point


Looks like you got hit with buckshot.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: JimmyJam1974 on October 08, 2010, 08:35:51 AM
You gotta row to grow
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: coltrane on October 08, 2010, 08:51:49 AM
barbell rows can be done in many ways,, you can do it arnold style you can do it dorian style and so on dpending on what you wanna emphasise,, and there is correct cheating and there is incorrect cheating,,, the guy in the video is not doing bodybuilding style,, that is just ego lifting ,, his friends will tell him he is strong but this is not bodybuildfing training for sure

The form there is actually  not bad for the weight. 
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: JP_RC on October 08, 2010, 09:09:45 AM
when you know the rules you can brake them
thats gotta be the thing w bb rows,
foundation built on good form is a good thing
and at somepoint you get good mind muscle connection what may look "loose form" to some is really someone using target muscle group while keeping it under total control and "slingin and stretchin" etc. body english heavy weight and all that follows...
like ppl on low cable rows that sit perfectly str8 and do the move controld etc., when yeah at some point you gotta let that strectch you and heave back and do the move different.
think you gotta graduate to get to that point, most dont.
what looks like when a pro lifts loose it very differnt when a wknd warrior slings loose

 uprights rows, 45 rows, 90 rows
3 similar/differnt moves right there


Good post, some people don't get it though.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtabl
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 08, 2010, 11:24:34 AM
I think his form is great
I just love 140lb guys who read flex and listen when the pros talk about form you see the 140 lb guys taking 15 seconds to do a rep slow and controlled  as it's described in flex. Not realising none of the pros train the way flex describes in fact they are the most sloppy trainers

this guys form on the rows are ideal
 
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Master Blaster on October 08, 2010, 11:44:08 AM
Just someone who knows more about the sport than you, obviously. You and your little friends go wrong looking how Yates, Ronnie, Jay do it AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING 10+ YEARS, NOT MENTIONED THAT TRUCKLOAD OF GEAR WHICH THEY HAVE USE IN THOSE YEARS. If you fill your system with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow. On the other hand, if you are building your body without any gear, and you wish maintain your ability to do these rows, you listen to wise old geezer. You brats are ego builders without any real understanding how your body works, and you have great hurry to deny the fact, that you get the best benefit by using full range of motion.

You prefer heavy load and half reps, and then you are whining about sore back, lack of mass etc. which all comes because you are using weights you cannot handle. I have seen this thousands of times and I will see it thousands of times again, because you teenagers never learn. You guys are so stubborn that you don't even try to do it right, because it means that you cannot use as much weight as you have been using while yanking those useless half reps, and you are afraid that some one see it and think that you are weak. Funny part of this matter is that by doing it with full range of motion, you gain more power and fast, because that is your backs first response for this exercise.

In my gym there was this young guy doing rows with Yates style, and after each set he was walking around keeping his hand on his lower back and obviously in pain. I point out the faults which he has done and show him a correct way to do it. With Yates style he was lifting 240lb in his best set. With this "old school style" he was soon able to do sets with 320lb and without the back pain. To get there he concentrate for a while to training his lower back/ middle section in shape, because you really cannot use your full power without good support from middle of your body.

I told you that I do 40 reps of hyper extensions three times per week. Twenty years back I read somewhere that Robbie Robinson was able to do 20 sets with 20 reps, so I have to try it, and at the end, that was easy task for me. These days it would be more difficult, but I have done half of it just to try how it goes. Your best effort is what? 1 x 12 reps?  

Hahahah...yeah "right"   ::)
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: nolotil on October 08, 2010, 04:25:26 PM
The form there is actually  not bad for the weight.  

I do not agree,, in the first video (guy with the hat) the form is very poor,, you can cheat correctly but he has no contraction at all,, this is the type of cheating that is incorrect,, some momentum can be ok if you have some control of your contraction,,
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: stormshadow on October 09, 2010, 12:29:36 AM

NOW i remember why i hardly ever come on getbig.... every moron on here thinks he is an expert.
First you start by pontification about how much you know about bodybuilding and then you say some of the stupidest shit ive ever heard.  So what if those guys are on a truckload of gear... the idea that "with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow" is moronic.  Think about it... if these guys WERE NOT using PREDOMIANTLY thier lats when they do bent over rows with "bad form" then how are their lats so big.  

I know what you are TRYING to say but you are DEAD WRONG.  The idea is that they are not using much lats cause their form is so bad but it doesnt matter because the little amount of stimulation they actually DO get to their lats is enough due to all the gear they are on.  If that logic was true these guys would not even need to do tricep work because they would still get big tris from doing just benches... they wouldnt need to do shoulder press of any kind cause their front delts would grow enough just from benching... they wouldnt need to train biceps cause their bis would get enough work from bent over rows with "bad form" ect ect.  Steroids or not you still have to directly stimulate the target muscle in order to make it grow to the degree that these guys have developed.  if you look at the way guys like Ronnie, Branch, Jonnie Jaskson train their form would probably be decried by your average planet fitness trainer or getbig expert/moron as being "all wrong" but who has the better development.... oh i forgot its only cause of steroids... you take steroids and you dont even need USE the target muscle group...it just grows like majic ::)

I always get internet “experts” telling me im doing it all wrong like in my video posted in this thread.  On my youtube channel page i have an open invitation which reads:
“To all those internet "experts" who offer me unsolicited advice, i will no longer be wasting my time responding to comments. If you want to offer me advice add me to facebook & that way we can see exactly who you are & the results of your training wisdom. I am not hiding who i am so unless you do the same i will know you have nothing & you are not worth listening to. It is no co-incidence that the people on here who criticize me have no videos of their own... most likely its cause you are to ashamed to show yourself.”

So far i have had no takers because much like getbig its much easier to criticize others without revealing who you are and not having to back up your “training wisdom” with your results.


Nice post, you definitely owned that homo.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Cy Tolliver on October 09, 2010, 12:38:03 AM
Post a video of you ass turds matching this. Should be easy since he is a pussy by your definition. Until then, you really don't
know what the fuck you're talking about, as usual.



whats the deal with the ms13 members in the background?  ???
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Meso_z on October 09, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
Yes
Wow man, nice to have you on the boards.

Please stick here and post, we need guys who know their shit...  ;)
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Meso_z on October 09, 2010, 12:40:56 AM
Agreed. Don't let the exercise police stir you up.  :)








Here's one for the exercise police  :



you can have it your way   :)

LMFAO....."exercise police"  ;D
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: WillGrant on October 09, 2010, 01:11:02 AM
NI66A GOT BACK

(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/l_cf35576fa559e82310eebe7071d9e640.jpg)
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: closeline on October 09, 2010, 02:31:17 AM
two things should be done

- using ez-bar for better contraction (also better for your wrists) an you dont need straps at a higher weight because the bar coldn t role out of your hands
- start with a deadlift from the floor like yates did to get better form and performance
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Tito24 on October 09, 2010, 02:44:34 AM
i was quite comfortable with your youngest sister last night.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: closeline on October 09, 2010, 03:00:10 AM
was she better than your father?
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtabl
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 09, 2010, 03:05:37 AM
two things should be done

- using ez-bar for better contraction (also better for your wrists) an you dont need straps at a higher weight because the bar coldn t role out of your hands
- start with a deadlift from the floor like yates did to get better form and performance

one would  have to be very narrow to use an ez bar to do rows
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Tito24 on October 09, 2010, 03:09:24 AM
was she better than your father?

i prefer women closeline, but i actually wasnt having it to you this time.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtabl
Post by: closeline on October 09, 2010, 03:20:23 AM
one would  have to be very narrow to use an ez bar to do rows

oh boy , you have no idea

narrow as ronny was , we let him do it this way, now he s mr o finalist



http://clips.team-andro.com/watch/1e3abe89933f20d08116/ronny-rockel-rueckentraining-8-wochen-vor-der-mr.-o-2010
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: closeline on October 09, 2010, 03:22:21 AM
i prefer women closeline, but i actually wasnt having it to you this time.

they aren not woman with dicks they are man with fake boobs an but implants on oestrogens - get it shemale lover
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: WillGrant on October 09, 2010, 03:26:47 AM
I get a harder contraction using the ez curl bar versus olympic bar , not sure why .
I cant go to heavy because of my left bicep issues but find the ez bar not so agravating on this also.
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Tito24 on October 09, 2010, 03:32:58 AM
they aren not woman with dicks they are man with fake boobs an but implants on oestrogens - get it shemale lover

english you speak it?
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: closeline on October 09, 2010, 03:38:53 AM
not really


im bulgarian  sorry

why did you asking
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtabl
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 09, 2010, 12:37:03 PM
oh boy , you have no idea

narrow as ronny was , we let him do it this way, now he s mr o finalist



http://clips.team-andro.com/watch/1e3abe89933f20d08116/ronny-rockel-rueckentraining-8-wochen-vor-der-mr.-o-2010


.... Ez bar at my gym must be narrower than the sandard ez bar quite narrow
like the one ronnie used for tri extensions in the unbelievable  quite narrow
Title: Re: barbell rows? do people do em a lot? at gym today I did and damn uncomfrtable
Post by: Ropo on October 10, 2010, 07:21:43 AM

NOW i remember why i hardly ever come on getbig.... every moron on here thinks he is an expert.
First you start by pontification about how much you know about bodybuilding and then you say some of the stupidest shit ive ever heard.  So what if those guys are on a truckload of gear... the idea that "with gear, it really doesn't matter how you do your rows, you gain mass anyhow" is moronic.  Think about it... if these guys WERE NOT using PREDOMIANTLY thier lats when they do bent over rows with "bad form" then how are their lats so big.  

I know what you are TRYING to say but you are DEAD WRONG.  The idea is that they are not using much lats cause their form is so bad but it doesnt matter because the little amount of stimulation they actually DO get to their lats is enough due to all the gear they are on.  If that logic was true these guys would not even need to do tricep work because they would still get big tris from doing just benches... they wouldnt need to do shoulder press of any kind cause their front delts would grow enough just from benching... they wouldnt need to train biceps cause their bis would get enough work from bent over rows with "bad form" ect ect.  Steroids or not you still have to directly stimulate the target muscle in order to make it grow to the degree that these guys have developed.  if you look at the way guys like Ronnie, Branch, Jonnie Jaskson train their form would probably be decried by your average planet fitness trainer or getbig expert/moron as being "all wrong" but who has the better development.... oh i forgot its only cause of steroids... you take steroids and you dont even need USE the target muscle group...it just grows like majic ::)

I always get internet “experts” telling me im doing it all wrong like in my video posted in this thread.  On my youtube channel page i have an open invitation which reads:
“To all those internet "experts" who offer me unsolicited advice, i will no longer be wasting my time responding to comments. If you want to offer me advice add me to facebook & that way we can see exactly who you are & the results of your training wisdom. I am not hiding who i am so unless you do the same i will know you have nothing & you are not worth listening to. It is no co-incidence that the people on here who criticize me have no videos of their own... most likely its cause you are to ashamed to show yourself.”

So far i have had no takers because much like getbig its much easier to criticize others without revealing who you are and not having to back up your “training wisdom” with your results.





Well, what we got here is an opinion from another "internet expert" whose knowledge is based on what he has hear and read from internet. What he has shown to us is quite nice little back and great bacne, pointing out that he is on gear. And this guy has the ultimate opinion about the barbell rows and how to do it correctly? Well, no. He is only defending the style which Yates used, completely forgetting that before Yates there were guys like Arnie, Oliva, Franco Colombo, Lee Haney etc. who have excellent back with old school rows. In modern bodybuilding, who has the back wide enough to match what Arnie show us 30 years ago? No one. There is many mass monsters who has great thickness, but not the lines and style. Secondly, I have seen how these guys do it in their training routine, and it is different than how they do it in videos. You have to understand difference between show off and training.

And how about the gear? These guys use GH like 100 000 x medical doses, so there isn't any force in the universe which could stop the growing even if they didn't train at all. Fact is that without stimulation, with those doses every muscle in your body will grow no matter what you do. Training is only part of the show and with guys like Kamali it will only harm his development, because he is training like an idiot. How you do your exercises dictates the form which your muscles get when they grow. If we use Kamali for example, he has no biceps because he has burn them out while doing width of his upper back. Yates has torn biceps from those rows, but how about Haney? Great long and full bicep, lot of size and quality, wide and thick back and a bunch of Mr Olympia medals to prove that he has what it needs. It isn't how much you lift, but how you lift it. How about bench press? Who has peck's to show us like Arnold had in his prime? Same width and thickness? There isn't such thing in modern bodybuilding, because no one do wide grip bench, dips, flat bench flyes etc. old school exercises like he used to do = there isn't similar stimulation = there isn't similar pecks. So simple.

You can clearly see the difference with old school builders and modern builders, for example Wolf vs Arnold. This comes from mainly two reasons, the modern gear and the modern way of training. Somewhere in the ninety century bodybuilders pick up the habit to use heavy loads and partial reps in every fucking exercise. This can be perfect if you are on gear but if you are not, you need the different stimulation to grow your muscles. And with partial reps, avoiding full range of motion, you never get those lines which make old school builders look so aesthetic. You end up looking like Kamali or Wolf which of course isn't too bad if you look now like Goodrum. Anyhow, if I could choose, I would like to look like Coleman in his prime or like Haney. There is two way of training, training on gear and natural training, and you need different techniques to get your goal. It really is so simple. Furthermore, If you are on gear, you benefit if you are training like natural builder, but if you are natural, you can't benefit if you are training like those who are on gear. People has to understand that each body has it's limitations and using gear you can push them further. Without gear, using too heavy loads and doing too many sets you will exhaust your system quite quick, and it will end your growing. That's why you should think what and how you do, and that's why right and full range of motion give you the most.    

And what comes to my opinion and it is true or not, who gives a fuck? If you don't agree, so what? Fuck you. Let your path to greatness to be simple as your mind. I don't peg people to listen if I have some advise, if they are not interested about it, so be it. I don't care. It is your back, your career and your shame when you find out that you have been wrong, or your glory if you are right. It doesn't take anything away from me, it doesn't cost me even one sent.